Caryatid [noun]
Definition of Caryatid:
pillar
Synonyms of Caryatid:
● Monument
● Cylinder
● Monolith
● Buttress
● Totem
● Pedestal
● Support
● Prop
● Brace
● Obelisk
● Standard
● Upright
● Post
● Stay
● Pier
● Shaft
● Mast
● Tower
● Pilaster
● Pylon
● Minaret
● Stele
Opposite/Antonyms of Caryatid:
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Sentence/Example of Caryatid:
The caryatid form of pier is generally found, in temples, in the peristyles of the fore-courts or the hypostyles of the pronaos.
Then he noticed Alicia, sitting motionless in her seat, just as he had left her, with the expressionless face of a caryatid.
It stood probably in the portico and may have served as a Caryatid.
The famous caryatid porch faces the south, looking toward the Parthenon.
Observe beneath these rags those caryatid bodies, those austere faces!
Jean Valjean, who was present, supported the caryatid with his shoulder, and gave the workmen time to arrive.
De Stancy went into the hall, and on to the gallery, where Dare was standing as still as a caryatid.
The one on this side is resigned, and as beautiful as a caryatid.
She stands in the field like a caryatid, like a symbol of fertile nature.
I do not know its history, though some one assured me that it was a caryatid.