moldable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmoʊldəbəl/ UK /ˈməʊldəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
capable of being shaped or formed

Warm clay is soft and easily moldable in the hands.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · capable of being shaped or... pliable malleable plasticshapeableductile workable

Opposites

rigid inflexible unyielding

Word family

Derived forms moldability

Related forms mold molded molding

Etymology

From mold (noun, 'shaping form') + -able; mold comes from Middle English molde, from Old French modle, from Latin modulus ('measure, model'), diminutive of modus ('measure').

modle Old French modulus Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# moldable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈmoʊldəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈməʊldəbəl/

## Meanings
1. capable of being shaped or formed

## Examples
- Warm clay is soft and easily moldable in the hands.

## Synonyms
- pliable
- malleable
- plastic
- shapeable
- ductile
- workable

## Antonyms
- rigid
- inflexible
- unyielding

## Derived Forms
- moldability

## Related Forms
- mold
- molded
- molding

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: modle
- Root: modulus

## Etymology
From mold (noun, 'shaping form') + -able; mold comes from Middle English molde, from Old French modle, from Latin modulus ('measure, model'), diminutive of modus ('measure').

## AI Etymology
Moldable is from mold (noun, 'shaping form') + -able; mold comes from Middle English molde, from Old French modle, from Latin modulus ('measure, model'), diminutive of modus ('measure'). Important recorded forms include modle (Old French) and modulus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers capable of being shaped or formed. The wider family includes derived forms such as moldability and related words such as mold, molded, and molding.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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