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bendable

/ˈbɛndəbəl/

bendable adjective: able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.

Adjective

bendable (comparative more bendable, superlative most bendable)

  1. Able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.
    • It was quite a shock to find when one stroked her that the China Cat, though alive, was still china, hard, cold, and smooth to the touch, and yet perfectly brisk and absolutely bendable as any flesh and blood cat.1912, E. Nesbit, chapter 6, in The Magic World
    • The father scorned stooping. Neither his body nor his mind was bendable.1944, Emily Carr, “Snow”, in The House of All Sorts
    Synonyms:
    flexible, pliable, pliant

bendable meaning in Vietnamese

bendable in Vietnamese

able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
co the uon cong

Examples of bendable in a sentence

  • When necessity dictates, our laws are as bendable as licorice to our presidents, and if their private conversations had been taped an awful lot of history would be different now.1974, Arthur Miller, “The Limited Hang-Out: The Dialogues of Richard Nixon as a Drama of the Antihero”, in Steven R. Centola, editor...
  • The tough, bendable fabric combines hydrogels — such as those found in contact lenses or jello – with glass fibers.2017 July 16, Jenny Marc, Katy Scott, “Revolutionary gel is five times stronger than steel”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jul...

Synonyms of bendable

Antonyms

Forms of bendable

comparativemore bendable
superlativemost bendable

Origin of bendable

From bend + -able.

Words formed from bendable

Questions about bendable

What does bendable mean?
Bendable means able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.
What is bendable in Vietnamese?
Bendable in Vietnamese is co the uon cong. See Bendable meaning in Vietnamese.
How do you use bendable in a sentence?
When necessity dictates, our laws are as bendable as licorice to our presidents, and if their private conversations had been taped an awful lot of history would be different now.
What part of speech is bendable?
Bendable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bendable?
Bendable is pronounced /ˈbɛndəbəl/.

Words near bendable in the dictionary

  1. bend to one's will
  2. bend to someone's will
  3. benda
  4. bendabilities
  5. bendability
  6. bendable
  7. Bendall
  8. Bendameer
  9. Bendamir
  10. bendamustine
  11. bendas

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