Caryatid
Definitions
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
Equivalents
Examples
“She wore on the top of her head an upright circular cap that made her resemble⟳ a caryatid disburdened, and on other parts of her person strange combinations of colours, stuffs, shapes, of metal, mineral and plant⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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