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mothball


Main Entry: 1moth·ball
Pronunciation: \ˈmth-ˌbl\
Function: noun
Date: 1906

1 : a ball made formerly of camphor but now often of naphthalene and paradichlorobenzene and used to keep moths from clothing
2 plural : a condition of protective storage <put the ships in mothballs after the war>; also : a state of having been rejected for further use or dismissed from further consideration <put that idea in mothballs>


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