caryatids

noun

variants or caryatides
plural of caryatid
as in pilasters

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  1. pilasters
  2. pedestals
  3. columns
  4. pillars
  5. piers
  6. stanchions
Noun
  • Ionic pilasters and a modern light fixture dress up the staircase.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The small saints on side pilasters were sold off on the antiques market.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of pilasters
Noun
  • Six individual seats are 'floating’ on hidden pedestals to keep the floor space clear.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
  • That site is temporarily closed, and many of the items—pedestals and furniture, photographs and tools—are coming from Paris for this show, giving Brancusi’s cool, abstract sculptures a rich, human context.
    — Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of pedestals
Noun
  • On the columns of train stations, stickers bore the smiling faces of soldiers in their twenties alongside motivational quotes and the dates of their births and deaths.
    — Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Featuring towering stone columns, colorful reliefs (despite being 3,200 years old) and famous carvings, it's bypassed by tour buses heading straight for Hatshepsut.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of columns
Noun
  • All that remained of Sara’s home were pillars of concrete; most of their belongings were below the rubble.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Dedicated to the god Amun, it is known for its beautiful pillars and intricate carvings.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of pillars
Noun
  • The expansion will happen at both piers that FOG uses at Fort Mason.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Two of the strongest El Niños in the last 75 years, in 1982-83 and 1997-98, were associated with extensive damage to the Southern California coast, battering homes, flooding streets and damaging piers.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of piers
Noun
  • The faux grassy area currently is filled with stanchions set up for the park’s Halloween Horror Nights event.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The stone has permanent steel receptacles for stanchions used in rope lines.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of stanchions
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