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- Dictionarymothball/ˈmɒθbɔːl/
noun
- 1. a small pellet of a pungent substance, typically naphthalene, put in among stored garments to keep away clothes moths.
verb
- 1. store (clothes) with mothballs.
- 2. stop using (a piece of equipment or a building) but keep it in good condition so that it can readily be used again: "it would cost the company a lot of money just to mothball the mine"
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verb [ T ] uk / ˈmɒθ.bɔːl / us / ˈmɑːθ.bɑːl /. to stop work on an idea, plan, or job, but leaving it in such a way that you can start on it again at some point in the future: Six coal mines were mothballed in the hope that they could be reopened in a time of better economic conditions.
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mothball. verb [ T ] us / ˈmɑːθ.bɑːl / uk / ˈmɒθ.bɔːl /. to...
- English (US)
A mothball is a small ball made of a special chemical, which you can put among clothes or blankets in order to keep moths away.
Mothball definition: a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.. See examples of MOTHBALL used in a sentence.
mothball. verb [ T ] us / ˈmɑːθ.bɑːl / uk / ˈmɒθ.bɔːl /. to stop work on an idea, plan, or job, but leaving it in such a way that you can start on it again at some point in the future: Six coal mines were mothballed in the hope that they could be reopened in a time of better economic conditions.
Mothballs are small balls of chemical pesticide and deodorant, sometimes used when storing clothing and other materials susceptible to damage from silverfish, mold or moth larvae (especially clothes moths like Tineola bisselliella).
MOTHBALL meaning: 1 : a small ball that contains a strong-smelling chemical and that is used to keep moths away from stored clothing; 2 : used in phrases like {phrase}in/into mothballs {/phrase} and {phrase}out of mothballs {/phrase} to describe something that is stored without being used for a long time sometimes used to describe a person (such...
n. 1. A marble-sized ball, originally of camphor but now of naphthalene, stored with clothes to repel moths. 2. mothballs. a. A condition of long storage for possible future use: put the battleship into mothballs. b. A condition of being set aside or discarded: have put the plan into mothballs.
