black hole
noun
1
: a celestial object that has a gravitational field so strong that light cannot escape it and that is believed to be created especially in the collapse of a very massive star
2
: something resembling a black hole: such as
a
: something that consumes a resource continually
a financial black hole
b
: an empty space : void
… the archives of the past few years are a black hole.—
David Herman
David Herman
c
: a dark and seemingly inescapable state or situation
the black hole of depression
Examples of black hole in a Sentence
discovered that there was a black hole in the library's collection with regard to her topic
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Hawking radiation happens even for objects that aren’t black holes, meaning everything, from protons to the entire Universe, will decay.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025
The discovery could reveal more about the physics surrounding the inflow of matter from accretion disks to the surfaces of both neutron stars and supermassive black holes, as well as the outflow of winds from these disks.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The collaboration has fueled the discovery of more than 300 black hole mergers during surveillance of the Milk Way galaxy.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
In the 10 years since then, scientists have detected hundreds of black holes coming together, as well as other extreme cosmic events like neutron stars colliding and black holes merging with a neutron star.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025
The discovery could reveal more about the physics surrounding the inflow of matter from accretion disks to the surfaces of both neutron stars and supermassive black holes, as well as the outflow of winds from these disks.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The collaboration has fueled the discovery of more than 300 black hole mergers during surveillance of the Milk Way galaxy.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
In the 10 years since then, scientists have detected hundreds of black holes coming together, as well as other extreme cosmic events like neutron stars colliding and black holes merging with a neutron star.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20hole. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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