mothball

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Aghwan:
 * Bulgarian: топче нафталин
 * Cebuano: naptalina
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 衛生球, 樟腦丸
 * Hokkien:, 樟腦丸
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: naftalín
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: киньгуловтома
 * Finnish: koipallo, koinmyrkky
 * French: boule de naphtaline
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: pallina tarmicida,
 * Korean: 좀약
 * Luxembourgish: Mattekugel
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: møllkule
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: нафтали́новый ша́рик
 * Spanish: bola de naftalina, bola de alcanfor
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: அந்துருண்டை
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: băng phiến,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: pêl gamffor
 * West Coast Bajau:
 * Wolof:
 * Yámana:
 * Yiddish:
 * Yucatec Maya:
 * Yup'ik:
 * Zazaki:
 * Zhuang:
 * Zulu:

Verb

 * 1)  To store or shelve something no longer used.
 * 2)  To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition.
 * 1)  To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition.
 * 1)  To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition.
 * 1)  To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: in de mottenballen leggen
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, tartalékba tesz, ,
 * Japanese: 〜を使わずにとっておく
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: legge på is
 * Portuguese: engavetar
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:, , lägga på hyllan