wormhole
noun
Did you know?
If you associate wormhole with quantum physics and sci-fi, you'll probably be surprised to learn that the word has been around since William Shakespeare's day. To Shakespeare, a "wormhole" was simply a hole made by a worm, but even the Bard subtly linked wormholes to the passage of time; for example, in the poem The Rape of Lucrece, he notes time's destructive power "to fill with worm-holes stately monuments." To modern astrophysicists, a wormhole isn't a tunnel wrought by a slimy invertebrate, but a theoretical tunnel between two black holes or other points in space-time, providing a shortcut between its end points.
Examples of wormhole in a Sentence
Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2025
The sky is constantly overcast, streaked with red lightning, while the setting is forever frozen in the year 1983, on the day Eleven first opened the wormhole.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
And Brenner, the other scientists and the military put up the exotic-matter barrier that stabilizes the Upside Down and separates the wormhole that goes between the Abyss and Earth from nothingness.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
Because there’s a lot going on that Lucas doesn’t witness, or that none of the characters do, like the wormhole.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wormhole
Cite this Entry
“Wormhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wormhole. Accessed 5 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationKids Definition
wormhole
noun
Share