mothballs

noun

USMAWTH-bawlz/ˈmɔθbɔlz/UKMOTH-bawlz/ˈmɒθbɔːlz/

1 meaning of mothballs

1
noun
Plural of mothball.
Mom put mothballs in the box of winter sweaters.
She packed the wool blankets in a cedar trunk with a handful of mothballs.

mothballs is a form of mothball

mothball, noun: A small ball of chemical pesticide and deodorant, usually naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene, placed among clothing and other stored articles to protect them from moth larvae and mold. Full entry

Forms: mothballmothballs plural
Spelling: mothball → mothballs: add -s
Sound: The ending sounds like /z/.

Use it in a sentence

Write your own sentence with mothballs, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.