formable

Able to mold

Formable describes something that can be shaped or molded: The clay remains formable until it dries.

The term appears most often in manufacturing and materials science, describing metals, plastics, or other substances that can be worked into desired shapes: highly formable steel alloys, formable at room temperature.

malleable

moldable

Capable of being shaped

shapeable · bendable · yielding · soft · supple · manipulable · hammerable · pliant · flexible · temperable

materials

clay

Moldable earth for ceramics

metal · glass · dough · wax · putty · silicone · rubber · plastic · foam · concrete

adaptive

adjustable

Able to be changed

tailorable · convertible · alterable · changeable · versatile · reconfigurable · reshapeable · reworkable · recastable · reprogrammable

craft

pottery

Fired clay objects

forging · molding · shaping · pressing · stamping · extruding · blowing · throwing · coiling · slabbing

Opposites
malleability/shapability

formablerigid

Unable to bend

inflexible · unmoldable · unyielding · unworkable · intractable

structural rigidity

formablerigid

Unable to bend

stiff · brittle · inelastic · unbending · hard

structural permanence

formabledeformable

Able to change shape

unstable · shapeless · amorphous · fluid · formless

Family

reformable, deformable, transformable, formability

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