transcription, транскрипция: [ mɒθbɔ:l, AM mɔ:θ- ]
( mothballs, mothballing, mothballed)
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A mothball is a small ball made of a special chemical, which you can put among clothes or blankets in order to keep moths away.
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If someone in authority mothballs a plan, factory, or piece of equipment, they decide to stop developing or using it, perhaps temporarily. ( JOURNALISM )
...the decision to mothball the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, for safety and political reasons...
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