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hammerable

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English

Etymology

From hammer + -able.

Adjective

hammerable (comparative more hammerable, superlative most hammerable)

  1. Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer.
    • 1969, István Náray-Szabó, Inorganic Crystal Chemistry:
      it is comparatively soft and tough; it is hammerable and weldable in the red hot state and is called forged iron

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