black hole

noun

: 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

: something resembling a black hole: such as

: something that consumes a resource continually

a financial black hole

: an empty space : void

… the archives of the past few years are a black hole.—

David Herman

: 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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By studying the data the probes collect, scientists hope to learn more about not only black holes, but even the Big Bang theorized to be how the universe began. —

Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024 When galaxies merge, the supermassive black holes that sit in their centers must eventually merge, too, forming an even more gargantuan black hole. —

Quanta Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024 Share [Findings] Terrestrial bacteria can grow on extraterrestrial nutrients; the black hole nearest Earth was discovered in the constellation Telescopium; and X-ray experiments conducted at the European Synchrotron indicated that moisture is destroying The Scream. —

Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024 These systems are made up of the black hole and a secondary object like a star, much denser neutron star, or another black hole. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for black hole