mothball

Questions about mothball

What does mothball mean?

mothball means "a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mothball?

mothball has 2 syllables: moth-ball. The stress falls on "moth". In IPA it is /ˈmɔθˌbɔl/.

What is another word for mothball?

Close synonyms include camphor ball. 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 mothball a common word?

mothball 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.

What rhymes with mothball?

24 words rhyme with mothball. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.