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mothball

/'mɔθ,bɔl/

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noun
a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing
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Similar:

camphor ball

type of:
ball globe orb
verb
put into long-term storage
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type of:
store

Definition that contains mothball

naphthalene a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs
hygrotrama foetens a small grey-brown fungus with an unpleasant odor of mothballs