noun, verb
noun a small white ball made of a chemical with a strong smell, used for keeping moths away from clothes
IDIOMS
in mothballs stored and not in use, often for a long time:
The plan has been put in mothballs.
verb [VN] [usuallypassive] to decide not to use or develop sth, for a period of time, especially a piece of equipment or a plan:
The original proposal had been mothballed years ago.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for mothball is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does mothball appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — mothball appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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