mothballed
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
mothballed
- simple past and past participle of mothball
Adjective[edit]
mothballed (not comparable)
- Kept in good condition for possible future use. (of something out of use)
- 2020 April 8, Maria Machancoses, “A boost from the Budget...”, in Rail, page 72:
- Reopening the mothballed Platform 4 at Birmingham Snow Hill, for example, is a relatively simple and inexpensive proposition that will relieve some of the capacity constraints at Birmingham Moor Street.
References[edit]
- “mothball”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.