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ductile

Adjective B2 – Upper-Intermediate

Able to be stretched into thin wires or shaped without breaking, used especially of metals.

"Copper is prized in wiring partly because it is so ductile."

"Ductile" and "malleable" are often confused: ductile means stretchable into wire, malleable means hammerable into sheets.

Antonyms

brittle