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OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Mothball" Definition
noun
A condition of being set aside or discarded: have put the plan into mothballs.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A condition of long storage for possible future use: put the battleship into mothballs.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A marble-sized ball, originally of camphor but now of naphthalene, stored with clothes to repel moths.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A ball made formerly of camphor but now often of naphthalene and paradichlorobenzene and used to keep from clothing.
Source: Merriam-Webster
A condition of protective storage .
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-transitive
To defer indefinitely; shelve: mothball a project.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To remove (a ship, for example) from active service or use and put into protective storage.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To deactivate (as a ship) and prevent deterioration chiefly by dehumidification.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To withdraw from use or service and keep in reserve put aside.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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