Word: mothballed
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: moth
balled
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of mothball; put into long-term storage
Morphemes:
Affix: moth
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To hunt for moths.
Affix: ball
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bal
Language: fr
Decoded: bal
PoS: Noun
Meaning: dance party, ball
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.