From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmalleablemal‧le‧a‧ble /ˈmæliəbəl/ adjective 1 BEND technical something that is malleable is easy to press or pull into a new shape malleable steel2 CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT formal someone who is malleable can be easily influenced or changed by other people a malleable child —malleability /ˌmæliəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
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malleable• Nature is not inflexible but malleable.• Many metals are malleable and ductile.• The hull contained a mass of dissimilar metals: steel, cast and malleable iron, brass. bronze and lead.• A malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet whereas a ductile metal can be drawn out into a wire.• While the synapse is only an inefficient chemical middleman in what are otherwise efficient electrical processes, it is a malleable middleman.• Instead, they designated Tran Trong Kim, a mild and malleable professor.• Labor activists say that although there are no legal age cutoffs, the industries prefer to hire young and malleable workers.Origin malleable (1300-1400) Old French Medieval Latin malleabilis, from malleare “to hit with a hammer” 