Definizione monolingua

mothball

mothball (third-person singular simple present mothballs, present participle mothballing, simple past and past participle mothballed)

1. (transitive) to store or shelve (something that is no longer used)

   They mothballed the old version after the new one came out.

Wikipedia mothball (plural mothballs)

1. a small ball of chemical pesticide and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage; mothballs have either naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene as their active ingredient.

Definizione dizionario mothball

mettere in naftalina

naftalina

pallina di naftalina

Altri significati:

small ball

(transitive) to store or shelve (something that is no longer used)

a small ball of chemical pesticide and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage; mothballs have either naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene as their active ingredient.

to store something no longer used