MOTHBALL

[verb] [T] - to stop work on an idea, plan or job, but leaving it in such a way that you can start on it again at some point in the futureIt's a good idea Ms Jones, but I'm afraid we're going to have to mothball it until next year at the earliest.The six coal pits were mothballed in the hope that they could they could be reopened in a time of better economic conditions.