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 Definitions of mothball  [ˈmɔθˌbɔl, ˈmɒθ-]  

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Definition of 'mothball' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) mothball
a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths.

2.  mothball
in reserve or storage.

3.  mothball
in a state of disuse, rejection, or repudiation:
That idea belongs in mothballs.

4. (v.t.) mothball
to put into storage; inactivate.

5. (adj.) mothball
inactive; stored away:
a mothball fleet.

Etymology:  (1905–10)

Definition of 'mothball' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) mothball, camphor ball
a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing

2. (verb) mothball
put into long-term storage
Translation of 'mothball' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a small ball of a chemical used to protect clothes from clothes moths.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: motbal Arabic flag Arabic: كُرَة العُث Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: нефталиново топче
Brazilian flag Brazilian: bola de naftalina Czech flag Czech: naftalín German flag German: die Mottenkugel
Danish flag Danish: mølkugle Greek flag Greek: ναφθαλίνη Spanish flag Spanish: bola de naftalina
Estonian flag Estonian: koitõrjepallike Farsi flag Farsi: گلوله نفتالين وضد بيد خور Finnish flag Finnish: koimyrkky
French flag French: boule antimite Hebrew flag Hebrew: כַּדוּר נָפטָלִין Hindi flag Hindi: (कीड़े मारने की) नैप्थलीन
Croatian flag Croatian: sredstvo protiv moljaca Hungarian flag Hungarian: molyirtó(szer) Indonesian flag Indonesian: kapur barus
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mölkúla Italian flag Italian: (pallina di naftalina) Japanese flag Japanese: 防虫剤の玉
Korean flag Korean: 좀약 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: chemikalų rutuliukas kand Latvian flag Latvian: naftalīna bumbiņa (pretko
Malay flag Malay: ubat gegat Dutch flag Dutch: mottebal Norwegian flag Norwegian: møllkule
Polish flag Polish: kulka antymolowa, naftali Persian flag Persian: گلوله نفتالين وضد بيد خور Pashto flag Pashto: نفتالين
Portuguese flag Portuguese: bola de naftalina Romanian flag Romanian: gra­nulă de naftalină Russian flag Russian: нафталиновый шарик
Slovak flag Slovak: naftalín Slovenian flag Slovenian: kroglica naftalina Serbian flag Serbian: naftalinska loptica
Swedish flag Swedish: malkula Thai flag Thai: ลูกเหม็น Turkish flag Turkish: naftalin topu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 樟腦丸 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: нафталінова кулька Urdu flag Urdu: نفتھالین وغیرہ کی گولی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: viên băng phiến Chinese flag Chinese: 卫生球，mothball

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