tensile

Phonetic Respelling: [ ten-suhl, -sil or, especially British, -sahyl ]

Definition:

adj. of or related to tension

Sentence:

Steel rods add to the tensile strength of concrete.

More example sentences:

Steel rods add to the tensile strength of concrete.

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Synonyms:

malleable; elastic; flexible

Antonyms:

rigid

How many syllables in tensile?

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Divide tensile into syllables:

ten-sile

Tensile rhymes:

Two Syllable Rhymes
- bensel
- gensel
- hensel
- pencil
- stencel
- stencil
- vensel
- wensel
Three Syllable Rhymes
- utensil

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