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CARYATID (carides)
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Irregular inflected form: carides
Dictionary entry overview: What does caryatid mean?
• CARYATID (noun)
The noun CARYATID has 1 sense:
1. a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
Familiarity information: CARYATID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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