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What (who) is mothball - definition
SMALL BALLS OF CHEMICALS USED TO PREVENT PREVENT DAMAGE TO CLOTH BY MOTH LARVAE
Moth balls; Moth ball; MothBall; Moth Ball; Moth-ball; Moth-Ball; Mothballs
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mothball
(mothballs, mothballing, mothballed)
1.
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.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone in authority mothballs a plan, factory, or piece of equipment, they decide to stop developing or using it, perhaps temporarily. (JOURNALISM)
...the decision to mothball the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, for safety and political reasons...
VERB: V n
mothballs
n.
protective storage
1) to put into mothballs (to put ships into mothballs)
2) to take out of mothballs
mothball
¦ noun a small pellet of a pungent substance, typically naphthalene, placed among stored garments to deter clothes moths.
¦ verb
1. store (garments) in mothballs.
2. put into storage or on hold for an indefinite period.
Phrases
in mothballs in storage or on hold.
Wikipedia
Mothball
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Mothballs are small balls of chemical pesticide and deodorant, sometimes used when storing clothing and other materials susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae (especially clothes moths like Tineola bisselliella).
Examples of use of mothball
1. Security Council demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program.
2. North Korea agreed in February to mothball its Yongbyon nuclear complex in exchange for fuel oil.
3. Romney is not the only Republican candidate to mothball principles for the campaign.
4. Beginning last year, states including California, Ohio and Florida abruptly ordered election officials to mothball their electronic machines.
5. Mayor Klaus Wowereit said after the vote that the city would move ahead with its plans to mothball Tempelhof.