hyllyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• halt verb To stop moving or operating, or to cause something to stop.
• mothball noun A small ball of chemical, usually naphthalene, kept among stored clothes to keep moths from damaging them.
• shelve verb To fit a place, such as a library, with shelves.
• turf noun Grass-covered ground, or a section of it cut as sod.

Senses

hyllyttää is used for these senses in English:

• halt (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
• mothball (transitive) To store or shelve something no longer used.
• shelve To place (something) on a shelf; especially, to place or arrange (books) on a bookshelf.
• turf (business) To cancel a project or product.

halt — full definition

1. verb To stop moving or operating, or to cause something to stop.
2. noun A stop, especially a temporary one.

mothball — full definition

1. noun A small ball of chemical, usually naphthalene, kept among stored clothes to keep moths from damaging them.
2. verb To take something out of active use and put it into storage, usually so it can be brought back into service later.

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