BENDABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bendable mean? 

• BENDABLE (adjective)
  The adjective BENDABLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

  Familiarity information: BENDABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENDABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

Synonyms:

bendable; pliable; pliant; waxy

Context example:

a pliant young tree

Similar:

flexible; flexile (able to flex; able to bend easily)

Derivation:

bend (cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form)

bend (form a curve)

bendability (the property of being easily bent without breaking)

 Context examples 

This sort of ‘battery’ on fabric is bendable and can withstand washing cycles in a normal washing machine.

(Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes, University of Cambridge)