Definition of 'black hole'
Word forms: plural black holes
1. countable noun
2. countable noun [usually singular]
If you say that something, especially money, has gone into a black hole, you mean that it has disappeared and cannot be recovered.
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Black Hole in American
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2. [b- h-]
any dungeon
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The exit wound was huge, an appalling mash of skin and bone and an ugly black hole where the nose should have been. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)I fell into a black hole of guilt I hated Pia for being Dukey's sister. ICED (2002)The black hole was an organ for the creation of infinite streams of light. THE BROKEN GOD (2002)
At the base, cut into the wall of the shaft, was a round black hole, the entrance to a tunnel. THE INNOCENT (2002)
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British English: black hole NOUN
Black holes are areas in space, where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from them.
- American English: black hole
- Brazilian Portuguese: buraco negro
- Chinese: 黑洞
- European Spanish: agujero negro
- French: trou noir
- German: schwarzes Loch
- Italian: buco nero
- Japanese: ブラックホール
- Korean: 블랙홀
- European Portuguese: buraco negro
- Spanish: agujero negro
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