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Flexible or moulded piece of platinum (6)

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pliant

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'flexible' is the definition.
(I know that flexible can be written as pliant)

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(Other definitions for pliant that I've seen before include "Accommodating" , "easily controlled" , "Flexible, easily bent or influenced" , "Supple or flexible" , "Plastic" .)

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