hammerable
Suitable for striking
Hammerable describes something that can be hammered—struck repeatedly with a hammer or similar tool without breaking or shattering.
Metals are typically hammerable; glass is not.
The word extends to anything that can withstand forceful, repeated impact: Is this nail hammerable into concrete, or do I need a drill?
Able to deform permanently
- pliableCapable of bending easily
- softYielding to touch
- yieldingBending under pressure
- forgingShaping heated metal; faking documents
annealing · tempering · plasticity · deformable · formable · reshapeable · workable · bendable
Metal-shaping block
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- quenchingRapid cooling process
iron · steel · copper · bronze · alloy · foundry · smelting · billet
Forceful repeated striking
- bendingCurving from straight
- flatteningReducing to evenness
- sculptingShaping material into forms
- formingComing into existence
molding · dishing · raising · chasing · embossing · stretching · upsetting · drawing out
ductile
Able to deform permanently
forging · annealing · tempering · plasticity · deformable · formable · reshapeable · workable · bendable · gold
anvil
Metal-shaping block
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
quenching · iron · steel · copper · bronze · alloy · foundry · smelting · billet · ingot
pounding
Forceful repeated striking
- bendingCurving from straight
- flatteningReducing to evenness
- sculptingShaping material into forms
forming · molding · dishing · raising · chasing · embossing · stretching · upsetting · drawing out · spreading
nails
Metal fasteners, finger coverings
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- carpentryWood construction trade
- joistHorizontal structural beam
drywall · lumber · roofing · sheathing · subflooring · studs · shingles · dowels · pegs · stakes
hammerableunworkable
Impossible to execute
inflexible · rigid · unalterable · immutable · unyielding
hammerablebrittle
Liable to shatter
shatterable · fragile · friable · unbreakable · crumbly
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