A pliable material, is a material that can be easily bent or shaped. Simply put a material that can be shaped without removing or adding any more material. Metal sheets can be bent and shaped.

What things are pliable?

Pliable means bendable but not breakable. Wax is pliable, good leather is pliable. If you describe a person as pliable, it usually means that he's easily influenced, like a nightclub owner who takes orders from a crime boss.

What is a pliant material?

adjective Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic. ... adjective rare Favorable to pliancy.