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Black Hole

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Noun

1. black hole

a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Black Hole

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noun
1. 
an object in space so dense that its escape velocity exceeds the speed of light
2. 
any place regarded as resembling a black hole in that items or information entering it cannot be retrieved

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Black Hole

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1. 
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
2.  [b- h-]
any dungeon
1. 
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
2. 
a. 
an emptiness or void
b. 
anything thought of as endlessly devouring resources, funds, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Black Hole

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n.
1. A massive star in the last phase of its evolution, in which the star collapses, creating a volume of spacetime with a gravitational field so intense that its escape velocity equals or exceeds that of light.
2. A great void; an abyss: The government created a bureaucratic black hole that swallows up individual initiative.

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