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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Some stars streaking through the Milky Way at millions of kilometers per hour probably trace back to a supermassive black hole in a neighboring galaxy
An astonishing fact only known for the past few decades is that every big galaxy in the universe has a supermassive black hole at its heart.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2025
Quasars are the cores of some distant galaxies powered by supermassive black holes that emit huge amounts of radiation.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2025
Crucial to unpicking this puzzling relationship between a galaxy and its central black hole, the researchers note, is understanding the nature of the powerful outflows of gas expelled from around black holes like a cosmic wind.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
These encounters generate strong gravitational wave signals as the black holes accelerate past one another.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 May 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2025
Quasars are the cores of some distant galaxies powered by supermassive black holes that emit huge amounts of radiation.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2025
Crucial to unpicking this puzzling relationship between a galaxy and its central black hole, the researchers note, is understanding the nature of the powerful outflows of gas expelled from around black holes like a cosmic wind.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
These encounters generate strong gravitational wave signals as the black holes accelerate past one another.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 May 2025
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20hole. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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