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black hole
The definition of a black hole is a dark place in space, or an emptiness.
(noun)- An example of a black hole is a dark place in outer space possibly formed by a collapsed star.
- An example of a black hole is a void in someone's heart.
- An example of a black hole is a small, underground prison cell.
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See black hole in Webster's New World College Dictionary
- a celestial object or dark region in space, perhaps formed by the collapse of a large star, with such a great mass that its gravitational field will not let even light escape
- an emptiness or void
- anything thought of as endlessly devouring resources, funds, etc.
- a small dungeon at Calcutta: it was once believed that over 100 Europeans were confined there one night in 1756 by their Indian captors and died from heat and lack of air
- any dungeon
See black hole in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- An area of space-time with a gravitational field so intense that its escape velocity is equal to or exceeds the speed of light.
- A great void; an abyss: The government created a bureaucratic black hole that swallows up individual initiative.
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