I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An additional experiment demonstrated that the smell of mothballs had the same effect.
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And the plants that Thorn-EMI set up to press the discs will remain in mothballs.
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Marie said, following Helen along the hallway with its familiar dank smell of musty horsehair and cedar and mothballs.
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Or bringing Tony Danza out of mothballs.
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That means it may be as long as three years before Fire Station 28 comes out of mothballs, Cornwell said.
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The £5,500 creation is currently in mothballs in a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles.
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The smell of mothballs rose to greet her.
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You could also drop mothballs or peeled garlic cloves or sprinkle hot pepper into the tunnels.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The Defense Department plans to mothball a munitions plant.