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
  • The small saints on side pilasters were sold off on the antiques market.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Even now, its fins and pilasters adorn plenty of new construction, and in real-estate-speak, the phrase is code for high class.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 June 2026
Definition of pilasters
Noun
  • 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
  • A lot of them are tucked away in vitrines that serve as pedestals for dresses by some of the world’s most exclusive designers.
    — Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
Definition of pedestals
Noun
  • All told, there were 17 stories and columns about the 9/11 attacks in the issue.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The work’s top levels depict human and mythological figures arranged between rows of columns; below them is a detailed rendering of a port city.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of columns
Noun
  • The pillars of the village are gradually being deconstructed.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Footwear is a key part of the strategy within several pillars outlined by Joseph Alkire, Kontoor’s president and chief financial officer.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of pillars
Noun
  • Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But there are plenty of other piers for a fun family day out.
    — Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of piers
Noun
  • The stone has permanent steel receptacles for stanchions used in rope lines.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
  • What impressed me was that without stanchions to direct the crowd, fans wove back and forth across the field, creating an orderly line without shoving or cutting.
    — Meredith Nierman, NPR, 17 July 2026
Definition of stanchions
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