Origin: Latin
suffix -able
Malleable has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
2
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
"ductile copper"
"malleable metals such as gold"
"they soaked the leather to made it pliable"
"pliant molten glass"
"made of highly tensile steel alloy"
3
Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
Example Sentences
"ductile copper"
adjective
"malleable metals such as gold"
adjective
"they soaked the leather to made it pliable"
adjective
"pliant molten glass"
adjective
"made of highly tensile steel alloy"
adjective