mothball

1. A condition of being set aside or discarded: have put the plan into mothballs.

2. A condition of long storage for possible future use: put the battleship into mothballs.

3. A marble-sized ball, originally of camphor but now of naphthalene, stored with clothes to repel moths.

4. A ball made formerly of camphor but now often of naphthalene and paradichlorobenzene and used to keep from clothing.

5. A condition of protective storage .

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1. To deactivate (as a ship) and prevent deterioration chiefly by dehumidification.

2. To withdraw from use or service and keep in reserve put aside.

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1. To defer indefinitely; shelve: mothball a project.

2. To remove (a ship, for example) from active service or use and put into protective storage.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
mothball	15	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ab	4
ah	5
al	2
am	4
at	2
ba	4
bo	4
ha	5
hm	7
ho	5
la	2
lo	2
ma	4
mo	4
oh	5
om	4
ta	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
alb	5
all	3
alt	3
bah	8
bal	5
bam	7
bat	5
boa	5
bot	5
ham	8
hao	6
hat	6
hob	8
hom	8
hot	6
lab	5
lah	6
lam	5
lat	3
lob	5
lot	3
mat	5
mho	8
moa	5
mob	7
mol	5
mot	5
oat	3
oba	5
ohm	8
oma	5
tab	5
tam	5
tao	3
tho	6
tom	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
alto	4
ambo	8
atom	6
baht	9
ball	6
balm	8
bath	9
blah	9
blam	8
blat	6
blot	6
boat	6
bola	6
boll	6
bolt	6
bota	6
both	9
hall	7
halm	9
halo	7
halt	7
holm	9
holt	7
homa	9
lamb	8
lath	7
loam	6
lota	4
loth	7
mall	6
malt	6
math	9
moat	6
mola	6
moll	6
molt	6
moth	9
oath	7
olla	4
tall	4
tola	4
toll	4
tomb	8

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
abmho	12
abohm	12
allot	5
altho	8
atoll	5
bloat	7
hallo	8
holla	8
loath	8
lotah	8
molal	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ballot	8
hallot	9
maltol	8
mollah	11
tombal	10

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
mothball	15