black hole

black hole

noun

Definition of BLACK HOLE

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: as a : something that consumes a resource continually <a financial black hole> b : an empty space : void

Examples of BLACK HOLE

1. <a psychopath who seemingly has a black hole where his heart should be>

First Known Use of BLACK HOLE

1964

Related to BLACK HOLE

Synonyms: vacancy, blank, blankness, emptiness, vacuity, void

Related Words: nothingness; inane, vacuum; air, open, waste; bareness, barrenness, bleakness, desolateness, hollowness; cavity, gap, hole, hollow

Near Antonyms: fullness (also fulness), repleteness

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Rhymes with BLACK HOLE

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