mothballing Sentence Examples
- The old aircraft carrier was mothballed in a remote naval shipyard.
- The government mothballed the research facility due to budget cuts.
- The abandoned factory had been mothballed for years.
- We decided to mothball the house while we were away for an extended period.
- The mothballed fleet of warships was ready to be reactivated in case of an emergency.
- The city council voted to mothball the historic theater until funding could be secured.
- The mothballed engine needed a thorough overhaul before it could be used again.
- The mothballed oil refinery was reopened as demand for fuel increased.
- The mothballed mines were reopened after the discovery of valuable minerals.
- The mothballed television series was brought back to life after a successful crowdfunding campaign.
mothballing Meaning
mothballing
a condition of protective storage, to deactivate (something, such as a ship) and prevent deterioration chiefly by dehumidification, to remove a ship from use and protect from deterioration, a state of having been rejected for further use or dismissed from further consideration, a ball made formerly of camphor but now often of naphthalene and paradichlorobenzene and used to keep moths from clothing, to withdraw from use or service and keep in reserve, a ball (as of naphthalene) used to keep moths out of clothing, protective storage
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a condition of protective storage, to deactivate (something, such as a ship) and prevent deterioration chiefly by dehumidification, to remove a ship from use an
dismantling, phasing out,putting aside, turning off, stalling, deactivating, arresting, sticking, flicking (off), halting
charging, launching, powering, pushing,firing, generating, releasing, energizing, discharging, switching
The old aircraft carrier was mothballed in a remote naval shipyard.
The government mothballed the research facility due to budget cuts.
The abandoned factory had been mothballed for years.
We decided to mothball the house while we were away for an extended period.
