Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index C caries: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: car•ies Pronunciation: (kâr'ēz, -ē-ēz"), [key] — pl. -ies. decay, as of bone or of plant tissue. See Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: caries (Thesaurus) Carie carillon ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: evanescent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language