malleable
adjective
[ ˈmalɪəb(ə)l ]
• (of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking.
• "a malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet"
Similar:
pliable,
ductile,
plastic,
pliant,
soft,
workable,
shapable,
mouldable,
tractile,
tensile,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘able to be hammered’): via Old French from medieval Latin malleabilis, from Latin malleus ‘a hammer’.
