mothballed

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɒθbɔːld/

Verb

mothballed

1. simple past and past participle of mothball

Adjective

mothballed (not comparable)

1. 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

• “mothball”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• demothball