Usually means: Permanently fixed, not easily changed.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word carved in stone:

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  1. carved in stone: Merriam-Webster
  2. carved in stone: Vocabulary.com
  3. carved in stone: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. carved in stone: Wiktionary
  5. carved in stone: Dictionary.com
  6. Carved in Stone (Rage album), Carved in Stone (Shadow Gallery album), Carved in Stone (Vince Neil album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. carved in stone: Rhymezone
  8. carved in stone: FreeDictionary.org
  9. carved in stone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. carved in stone: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. carved in stone: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (carved in stone)

▸ adjective:  (idiomatic) Unchangeable.

Similar:
calcified, immovable, unalterable, indelible, unchangeable, uncarved, static, hard-and-fast, nonchanging, constant, more...

Opposite:
flexible, malleable, adaptable, changeable, variable

Phrases:
Nothing's Carved in Stone, more...

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Similar:
calcified, immovable, unalterable, indelible, unchangeable, uncarved, static, hard-and-fast, nonchanging, constant, more...

Opposite:
flexible, malleable, adaptable, changeable, variable

Phrases:
Nothing's Carved in Stone, more...



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