(esp of metal) able to be worked, hammered, or shaped under pressure or blows without breaking able to be influenced; pliable or tractable
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mal•le•a•ble /ˈmæliəbəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Metallurgycapable of being shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers.
- adaptable; able to change or adjust:Young children have malleable personalities.
mal•le•a•ble
(mal′ē ə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
mal′le•a•bly, adv.
mal′le•a•bil′i•ty, mal′le•a•ble•ness, n.
- Metallurgycapable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers.
- adaptable or tractable:the malleable mind of a child.
- Medieval Latin malleābilis, equivalent. to malle(āre) to hammer (derivative of Latin malleus hammer) + -ābilis -able
- Middle English malliable 1350–1400
mal′le•a•bil′i•ty, mal′le•a•ble•ness, n.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged impressionable, moldable, flexible, pliable.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged refractory, intractable.
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'malleable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Blu-tack
- aluminium
- aluminum
- barium
- cadmium
- calcium
- cerium
- copper
- docile
- ductile
- erbium
- euplastic
- gadolinium
- gold
- holmium
- indium
- iron
- lead
- malleable cast iron
- malleable iron
- malleablize
- nickel
- palladium
- paste
- peel
- platinum
- praseodymium
- pug
- silver
- soft
- soft sculpture
- terbium
- thallium
- thorium
- thulium
- tin
- titanium
- tough pitch
- tractable
- tungsten
- ytterbium