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Meanings of mothballs in English
Synonyms
Examples for "naphthaline"
Examples for "naphthaline"
1
Z: "Will you also call at the chemist's and get me some naphthaline?"
2
It is said, however, that a Strasbourg physician has found in naphthaline an absolutely trustworthy remedy.
3
There is a smell of naphthaline.
4
This again points to the probability of an odour, although this is contradicted by my experiment with the naphthaline.
5
Some contained naphthaline; others the essential oil of spike-lavender; others petroleum, and others a solution of alkaline sulphur giving off a stench of rotten eggs.
Usage of mothballs in English
1
They still make them, but most mothballs today are made with dichlorobenzene.
2
Dyed wool, dusty velvet, mothballs, beeswax furniture polish, cigar smoke, pipe tobacco.
3
He was struck with the smell of mothballs as he opened them.
4
The trailer's interior smelled of mothballs, pine disinfectant, and old cigarette smoke.
5
The doctors said it was naphthalene poisoning, from the chemicals in the mothballs.
6
The police investigate Dotcom spies and KiwiRail mothballs the Napier to Gisborne line.
7
Wilden wore a heavy, down-filled Rosewood PD jacket that smelled slightly of mothballs.
8
They put mothballs in the boxes, so the bills don't get all moldy.
9
It was hanging in a special bag that smelled of mothballs.
10
Nothing but the smell of mothballs rolled out to meet us.
11
The ship had the familiar smell of mothballs and a tinge of death.
12
There was an old yellow smell that Ben recognized as that of mothballs.
13
A 300 million pound bioethanol refinery reopened last week after a year in mothballs.
14
Conclusion: Just over 40% of the households reported use of naphthalene-containing mothballs.
15
I smelled tea and mothballs and years of fried food.
16
By common consent conventional weapons were used and atomic weapons were kept in mothballs.
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Translations for mothballs
Russian
Mothballs through the time
Mothballs across language varieties
United States of America
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