What is 'Currency'. Currency is a generally accepted form of money, including coins and paper notes, which is issued by a government and circulated within an economy. Used as a medium of exchange for goods and services, currency is the basis for trade. Generally speaking, each country has its own currency.
- Use alternatives to these toxic materials -. Mothballs are made of white crystals of two very dangerous chemicals, para-dichlorobenzene (1,4-dichlorobenzene) and/or naphthalene. Both chemicals are solid at room temperature but produce very strong, toxic vapors. Mothballs are sold as flakes or pressed into cakes.
Meaning: A small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing. Classified under: Nouns denoting man-made objects. Synonyms: camphor ball; mothball. Hypernyms (mothball is a kind of...): ball; globe; orb (an object with a spherical shape) Meronyms (substance of mothball): camphor (a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment) naphthalene (a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs) â¢ MOTHBALL (verb)