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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
mothball
    n 1: a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths
         away from stored clothing [syn: mothball, camphor ball]
    v 1: put into long-term storage

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mothball \moth"ball`\ v. t.
   To put into long-term storage; as, to mothball the
   battleships not needed after the war.
   [WordNet 1.5]

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