Local English word record

tensile

adjective · 2 senses

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

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Examples

  • ductile copper
  • malleable metals such as gold
  • they soaked the leather to made it pliable
  • pliant molten glass
  • made of highly tensile steel alloy

Word relationships

Synonyms

ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tractile

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