Čo znamená mothball v angličtine a aká je definícia mothball?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť mothball výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

mothball Význam & definícia

0 a small, white ball containing a chemical with a strong smell that keeps moths away from clothes
1 to stop work on an idea, plan, or job, but leaving it in such a way that you can start on it again at some point in the future:
- Six coal mines were mothballed in the hope that they could be reopened in a time of better economic conditions.
2 a small ball containing chemicals with a strong smell, used esp. to protect wool clothing from moths
3 to stop using a factory, building, etc., but leave it in a condition that allows you to use it again in the future:
- The factory was mothballed two years ago.

If we are not prepared to allow them to do that, we might as well mothball our national parliaments, turn them into museums and lock the door.
Great fleets of naval vessels remain in mothballs ready to be taken out as needed.
I understand that there are quite a number of ships in mothballs which are taken out occasionally.
If we need to build new and more modern frigates, does this mean the ones we have in mothballs are obsolete?
The project may be dead, or in mothballs.
Will it mean having to put frigates into "mothballs"?
Again, the factory still stands, but it, too, is in mothballs.
The factory still stands but is in mothballs.