tensile

tensile is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
2. adjective. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.
3. adjective. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

   "ductile copper"

   "malleable metals such as gold"

   Synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tractile

4. adjective. of or relating to tension

   "tensile stress"

   "tensile pull"

Synonyms

ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tractile

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tensile:

leisten, lenites, lisente, setline

Common word forms

tensilely, tensileness

Words from these letters

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