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mothball::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | camphor ball |
| Type of | ball, globe, orb |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | store |
Examples of mothball
mothball
The only way to improve air quality was to mothball old polluting power plants.
From the economist.com
Rates will then rebound as owners mothball ships and congestion worsens, he said.
From the bloomberg.com
Decades of critics have asked when the superspy will mothball the tux and retire.
From the time.com
And yet Holloway has had to mothball two of his three studios in the past year.
From the nzherald.co.nz
To stave off a total collapse in prices, OPEC had to mothball lots of its own rigs.
From the economist.com
The ship was still owned by the Navy and was considered part of the mothball fleet.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Only four shuttle flights are left before NASA is due to mothball the orbiter fleet.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The sturgeon bite was good from the mothball fleet all the way up to Montezuma Slough.
From the sacbee.com
To her delight, he saw no reason to mothball a venerable Wall Street name.
From the finance.fortune.cnn.com
- A small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing
- Put into long-term storage
- Mothballs are small balls of chemical pesticide and deodorant used when storing clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae (especially clothes moths like Tineola bisselliella). Another remedy used for the same purpose is cedar wood balls. ...
- A substance that was used to increase the octane rating in gasoline. It had a marginal effect in increasing octane.
- To inactivate something disused for preserved storage as a reserve; by extension of the protective storage process for textiles with balls of naphthalene or camphor; see BONEYARD, TOMB, DUMP, CANNIBALIZE; compare STANDBY. ...
- Take no further action and leave the facility in place, as is. Hazardous building materials and environmental contaminants, if any, would be left in place to be dealt with at a later time, possibly during a future demolition project.
