mothball

¹moth·ball

noun \ˈmȯth-ˌbȯl\

Definition of MOTHBALL

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>

First Known Use of MOTHBALL

1906

Rhymes with MOTHBALL

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