Definitions for ductile

ductile duc·tile

Spelling: [duhk-tl, -til]
IPA: /ˈdʌk tl, -tɪl/

Ductile is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 192 anagrams from letters in ductile (cdeiltu).

Definitions for ductile

adjective

  1. capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable.
  2. capable of being drawn out into wire or threads, as gold.
  3. able to undergo change of form without breaking.
  4. capable of being molded or shaped; plastic.

Origin of ductile

1300-50; Middle English Latin ductilis, equivalent to duct(us) (past participle of dūcere to draw along) + -ilis -ile

Examples for ductile

Nickel is white, ductile and malleable, but of difficult fusion.

Pure nickel is grayish-white, malleable, ductile and tenacious.

A ductile substance is one which is capable of being drawn into wire.

Among the metals permanent in the air, 17 are ductile and 16 are brittle.

From morn to night he thumbed and pushed about the ductile clay.

On the other hand, if it is suffered to cool gradually, it becomes too soft and ductile.

It is ductile, is not affected by immersion in sea-water, and can be machined.

She has laboriously wrought this ductile nervous tissue to her own ends.

It is a white metal of bluish tint and is malleable and ductile.

It is of a reddish colour, malleable, ductile, and tenacious.

Word Value for ductile
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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