'mothball' tiene referencia cruzada con 'in mothballs'. Se encuentra en una o más de las líneas abajo.'mothball' is cross-referenced with 'in mothballs'. It is in one or more of the lines below.
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| mothball n | usually plural (pesticide for clothing) | bola de alcanfor nf + loc adj |
| | | bola de naftalina nf + loc adj |
| | Before storing the box of clothing, we added mothballs to protect its contents. |
| | Antes de guardar la caja con ropa, le pusimos bolas de alcanfor para proteger su contenido. |
| mothball [sth]⇒ vtr | (temporarily take out of use) | suspender⇒ vtr |
| | After the war was over, the country mothballed many of its battleships. |
| mothball [sth] vtr | (project: put on hold) | pausar⇒ vtr |
| | | dejar en suspenso loc verb |
| | The CEO decided to mothball the project because it was taking too much time and money to complete. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| in mothballs expr | figurative (in disuse, in storage) (figurado) | en el cajón loc adv |