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Meanings of naphthaline in английском
Chemical compound.
Synonyms
Examples for "mothballs"
Examples for "mothballs"
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.
Usage of naphthaline in английском
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.
Frequent collocations
Translations for naphthaline
русский
Naphthaline through the time