HOW TO PRONOUNCE
malleable
/ˈmæliəbəl/
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Stress “mal” and lighten the rest.
After the strong first syllable, let the ee and uh vowels flow into the light bul ending without adding another strong beat.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The sculptor worked with a malleable material.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does malleable mean?
adjective
- Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
- (figuratively) Flexible, liable to change.
- in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmæliəbəl/
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Reaumur was probably the first to show that steel could be made by fusing malleable iron with cast-iron.
Many of my readers may not know that cast-iron is converted into malleable iron by the process called puddling.
More book examples (3)
This mass or lump was then to be raised to a white heat, and forged into malleable iron at the forge-hammer.
Cu is, next to Ag, the best conductor of electricity and heat among the elements; it is very ductile, malleable, and tenacious.
I would gladly meet with one general affirmation concerning any will, no doubt, be presently objected, Is not this an universal proposition, ALL GOLD IS MALLEABLE?