How to pronounce“mothball”in English
that of course is going to take years to develop another possibility is desalination plants now one is coming up uh over the next few years it was
actually mothball in the 1990s and another one is coming up I believe in carlburg California carlbad California for the to the tune about $1 billion but
again this is going to take a long time coming and we just don't have and still only needing a fraction of the state City's water needs in that case right
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Definitions of “mothball”
A small ball of chemical pesticide (originally camphor and now typically naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene) and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles to deter moth larvae which may damage them.
“There were two carloads of equipments. Upon their return to the armory the blankets were shook and repacked with mothballs; […]”
To store (clothing, etc.) with mothballs (noun sense 1).
To stop using (something), and often to put it in storage; specifically, while keeping it in good condition so it can be used in the future.
“They mothballed the old version after the new one came out.”
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