graven
Cut into stone
Graven means carved or engraved, now used almost exclusively in the phrase graven image—an idol or object of worship forbidden in the Ten Commandments.
The word is the archaic past participle of grave, meaning to carve or engrave.
Outside religious contexts, graven occasionally describes something deeply fixed or impressed: graven in memory.
Carved writing into
- chiseledSharply cut, well-defined
- sculptedShaped into art
- etchedCarved into a surface
- incisedCut into surface
gouged · imprinted · indented · grooved · scored · marked · hewn · cut
Memorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- cenotaphTomb without a body
obelisk · epitaph · cemetery · burial · plaque · memorial · crypt · sepulcher
Object of worship
- effigySculpted human representation
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
fetish · deity · false god · golden calf · pagan · heathen · worship · idolatry
Impossible to remove
- lastingContinuing through time
- enduringPersisting through time
- fixedRestored or immovable
- permanentFixed without end
immutable · unchanging · deep-set · ingrained · impressed · imprinted · unforgettable · set in stone
Study of physical remnants
- relicPreserved ancient object
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- hieroglyphicsSymbolic picture-based writing
cuneiform · prehistoric · pharaoh · sphinx · pyramid · megalith · ziggurat · petroglyph
inscribed
Carved writing into
incised · gouged · imprinted · indented · grooved · scored · marked · hewn · cut · embossed
tombstone
Memorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
cenotaph · obelisk · epitaph · cemetery · burial · plaque · memorial · crypt · sepulcher · vault
idol
Object of worship
- effigySculpted human representation
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- iconPictorial screen symbol
totem · fetish · deity · false god · golden calf · pagan · heathen · worship · idolatry · forbidden
indelible
Impossible to remove
permanent · immutable · unchanging · deep-set · ingrained · impressed · imprinted · unforgettable · set in stone · irreversible
archaeology
Study of physical remnants
hieroglyphics · cuneiform · prehistoric · pharaoh · sphinx · pyramid · megalith · ziggurat · petroglyph · pictograph
- cradle to graveEntire span of existence
- graven imagesCarved objects of worship
- graveyard shiftLate-night work period
- one foot in the graveNear death's door
- dig one's own graveCause one's own undoing
- mass graveShared burial for many
grave, graveyard, engrave, engraving, engraved, engraver, engraves, graver, engravings