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malleable - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'malleable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Malleable [ a.]
- Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.

Meaning of 'malleable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . malleable [ s]
Meaning (1):
- capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Example in sentence:
  • ductile copper;
  • made of highly tensile steel alloy;
  • malleable metals such as gold;
  • pliant molten glass;
  • they soaked the leather to made it pliable

Nearby Words:

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