mothball

small balls of chemicals used to prevent damage to cloth by moth larvae
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mothball

Summary

mothball ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (668 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • mothball's image is recorded as White coloured mothball (naphthalene ball) 20230315 180901.jpg[2].
  • mothball's image is recorded as A packet of white coloured mothball (naphthalene ball) 20230315 180612.jpg[3].
  • mothball's made from material is recorded as camphor[4].
  • mothball's made from material is recorded as 1,4-dichlorobenzene[5].
  • mothball's made from material is recorded as naphthalene[6].
  • mothball's subclass of is recorded as pesticide[7].
  • mothball's subclass of is recorded as pellet[8].
  • mothball's has use is recorded as protection[9].
  • mothball's Commons category is recorded as Mothball[10].
  • mothball's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01jz_d[11].
  • mothball's facet of is recorded as clothes moth[12].
  • mothball's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778139776[13].
  • mothball's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03794236-n[14].
  • mothball's WikiKids ID is recorded as Mottenbal[15].
  • mothball's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 109555[16].

Why It Matters

mothball ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (668 views/month).[1] mothball has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] mothball is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). mothball. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mothball
MLA “mothball.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mothball.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mothball_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{mothball}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mothball}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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