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- pronunciation:
- duhk
tihl
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
able to withstand stress without breaking, as in drawing out into wire or pounding thin.
Copper is a ductile metal.- antonyms:
- brittle
- similar words:
- malleable
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| definition 2: |
easily shaped; plastic.
- similar words:
- malleable, plastic
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| definition 3: |
willing to be led or persuaded; easily influenced.
- antonyms:
- intransigent
- similar words:
- flexible
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| related words: |
elastic, flexible, limber, lissome, malleable, pliable, soft, supple, tractable |
| derivations: |
ductilely (adv.), ductileness (n.), ductility (n.) |
The word ductile
contains the following parts:
duc, duct
Latin
root
that means lead; draw along
  Example words:
-ile, -il
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means capable of being or undergoing; pertaining to
Example words:
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