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demothball

demothball verb: to restore (a mothballed project or equipment) to active use.

Verb

demothball (third-person singular simple present demothballs, present participle demothballing, simple past and past participle demothballed)

  1. (transitive) To restore (a mothballed project or equipment) to active use.
    Synonyms:
    unmothball

Synonyms of demothball

Forms of demothball

third-person singular presentdemothballs
present participledemothballing
past participledemothballed
pastdemothballed

Origin of demothball

From de- + mothball.

Questions about demothball

What does demothball mean?
Demothball means to restore (a mothballed project or equipment) to active use.
What part of speech is demothball?
Demothball is a verb.
What is the past tense of demothball?
The past tense of demothball is demothballed.

Words near demothball in the dictionary

  1. demotee
  2. demotees
  3. demoter
  4. demoters
  5. demotes
  6. demothball
  7. demothballed
  8. demothballing
  9. demothballs
  10. demotic
  11. Demotic Greek

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