Mothballing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of something being mothballed: taken out of service and stored for possible later use. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of mothball form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Following the docking failure of an unmanned Russian freighter to the International Space Station, its partners are considering a temporary mothballing of the station."