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| Colorful English! | ||||
| Word or Phrase: | Part of Speech: | Idiom or General?: | Usage? | Restricted? |
| black hole | noun | general | increasingly common, both
in general use and in astronomy | No |
| Meaning: | ||||
| 1)
a hypothetical object in space with a gravitational field so strong that
nothing can escape it, even light 2) anything similar, esp. a resource consuming object or a space where 'things go in but nothing comes out' | ||||
| Example(s): | ||||
| meaning 1 Many popular science fiction movies today use black holes in their plots. meaning 2 1) The American War on Drugs is turning into a real black hole, with the government spending more and more of the taxpayers hard earned money for little or no positive results. 2) Nick's apartment is a black hole, where millions of pieces of paper have flown into the center, never to be found again. | ||||
| Note: See white hole. | ||||