camphor ball

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   a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing

   Synonymsmothball

   Broaderball

Questions about camphor ball

What does camphor ball mean?

camphor ball means "a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing".

What is another word for camphor ball?

Close synonyms include mothball. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is camphor ball a common word?

camphor ball is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.