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mothball Definition


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mothball
noun
    1. A small ball of camphor or naphthalene that is hung in wardrobes, etc to keep away the clothes moth.
verb
    1. To postpone work on something (eg a project), or to lay it aside, especially for an indefinitely long time.
    2. To put (clothes, linen, etc), with mothballs, into a place for long-term storage.
Idiom: put something in mothballs
    To mothball it.


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