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CARYATID
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected form: carides
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A supporting column carved in the shape of a person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("caryatid" is a kind of...):
column; pillar ((architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure)