What does mothballed mean?
Mothballed means simple past and past participle of mothball.
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/mɒθbɔːld/ · verb
simple past and past participle of mothball.
Reopening the mothballed Platform 4 at Birmingham Snow Hill, for example, is a relatively simple and inexpensive proposition that will relieve some of the capacity constraints at Birmingham Moor Street.
Use mothballed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mothballed means simple past and past participle of mothball.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Reopening the mothballed Platform 4 at Birmingham Snow Hill, for example, is a relatively simple and inexpensive proposition that will relieve some of the capacity constraints at Birmingham Moor Street.
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