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"ref": "2021 March 10, Paul Shannon, “Freight's new gateways score highly on location and layout”, in RAIL, number 926, page 34:",
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"(usually in the plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) 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."
],
"tags": [
"plural-normally"
]
}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/mɒθbɔːl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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"word": "moth ball"
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"word": "moth-ball"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "topče naftalin",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "топче нафталин"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "naptalina"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "衛生球"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "wai⁶ sang¹ kau⁴",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "卫生球"
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{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "樟腦丸"
},
{
"alt": "zoeng¹ nou⁵ jyun⁴⁻²",
"code": "yue",
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"sense": "small ball",
"word": "樟脑丸"
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"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
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"sense": "small ball",
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"Hokkien"
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"word": "樟腦丸"
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"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "chiuⁿ-ló-oân",
"sense": "small ball",
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"Hokkien"
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"word": "樟脑丸"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "衛生球"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wèishēngqiú",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "卫生球"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "樟腦丸"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhāngnǎowán",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "樟脑丸"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "naftalín"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mottenbal"
},
{
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "kińgulovtoma",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "киньгуловтома"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "koipallo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "koinmyrkky"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boule de naphtaline"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mottenkugel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nafthalíni",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ναφθαλίνη"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "molyirtó"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pallina tarmicida"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "naftalina"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jomyak",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "좀약"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "Mattekugel"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "møllkule"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "naftalina"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "naftalină"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naftalínovyj šárik",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нафтали́новый ша́рик"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bola de naftalina"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bola de alcanfor"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "malkula"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "anturuṇṭai",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "அந்துருண்டை"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "naftalin"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "băng phiến"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "small ball",
"word": "long não"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "small ball",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pêl gamffor"
}
],
"word": "mothball"
}
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{
"word": "demothball"
},
{
"word": "unmothball"
}
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"Terms with Greek translations",
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"word": "mothballed"
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{
"word": "mothballer"
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"text": "They mothballed the old version after the new one came out.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine:",
"text": "Before Musk, America’s space industry was moribund. In 2011, NASA mothballed the last space shuttle, after inking a deal with SpaceX to make uncrewed cargo resupply runs to the International Space Station (ISS).",
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"glosses": [
"To store or shelve something no longer used."
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"store",
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[
"shelve",
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"(transitive) To store or shelve something no longer used."
],
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"word": "store"
},
{
"word": "shelve"
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{
"word": "set aside"
},
{
"word": "defer"
}
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"tags": [
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"ref": "2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "Some schools might have an art studio, an area of forestry in the playground, or a performance stage in the hall – all exceptional assets. Just check they get plenty of use and aren't mothballed while the school concentrates on (you guessed it) maths and literacy.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2021 March 10, Paul Shannon, “Freight's new gateways score highly on location and layout”, in RAIL, number 926, page 34:",
"text": "In the short term NR could well mothball the line given its lack of traffic.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"glosses": [
"To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, figuratively) To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"transitive"
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"ipa": "/mɒθbɔːl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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{
"word": "moth ball"
},
{
"word": "moth-ball"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pribiram",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "прибирам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "konserviram",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "консервирам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "in de mottenballen leggen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "hyllyttää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "einmotten"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "félretesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "tartalékba tesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "defer e.g. project",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "elnapol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "elhalaszt"
},
{
"alt": "~wo tsukawazuni totteoku",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "〜を使わずにとっておく"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "legge på is"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "engavetar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakonservirovatʹ",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "законсервировать"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "lägga i malpåse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "lägga på is"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to store something no longer used",
"word": "lägga på hyllan"
}
],
"word": "mothball"
}
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