Mothball

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mothball \moth"ball`\ n.
     A small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths
     away from stored clothing.
  
     Syn: camphor ball.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mothball \moth"ball`\ v. t.
     To put into long-term storage; as, to mothball the
     battleships not needed after the war.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mothball
       n : a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths
           away from stored clothing [syn: {camphor ball}]
       v : put into long-term storage