Usually means: Sculpted female figure as column.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word caryatid:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. caryatid: Merriam-Webster
  2. caryatid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. caryatid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. caryatid: Collins English Dictionary
  5. caryatid: Vocabulary.com
  6. Caryatid, caryatid: Wordnik
  7. caryatid: Wiktionary
  8. caryatid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. caryatid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. caryatid: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Caryatid, caryatid: Dictionary.com
  12. caryatid: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Caryatid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Caryatid: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. caryatid: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. caryatid: Rhymezone
  17. Caryatid: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. caryatid: FreeDictionary.org
  19. caryatid: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. caryatid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. caryatid: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. caryatid: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. caryatid: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Caryatid(e), caryatid: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. caryatid, caryatid: A Word A Day
  2. caryatid: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (caryatid)

noun:  A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.

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