"mothballing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mothballings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mothballing (countable and uncountable, plural mothballings)
  1. The act of something being mothballed: taken out of service and stored for possible later use. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mothballing-en-noun-squQlVGG

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} mothballing
  1. present participle and gerund of mothball Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: mothball
    Sense id: en-mothballing-en-verb-5sthqmUm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60

Inflected forms

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