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mothball

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
 : 
moth=ball

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun mothball has 1 sense

Verb mothball has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

mothballn. 
     A small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing.  [WordNet 1.5]
mothballv. t. 
     To put into long-term storage; as, to mothball the battleships not needed after the war.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mothball, n. & v.
--n. a ball of naphthalene etc. placed in stored clothes to keep away moths.
--v.tr.
1 place in mothballs.
2 leave unused.

Idiom
in mothballs stored unused for a considerable time.
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