Definitions for black-hole

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Black-Hole is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 307 anagrams from letters in black-hole (-abcehkllo).

Definitions for black-hole

noun

1. Astronomy. a theoretical massive object, formed at the beginning of the universe or by the gravitational collapse of a star exploding as a supernova, whose gravitational field is so intense that no electromagnetic radiation can escape.
2. Also called Black Hole of Calcutta. a small prison cell in Fort William, Calcutta, in which, in 1756, Indians are said to have imprisoned 146 Europeans, only 23 of whom were alive the following morning.
3. (lowercase) any usually wretched place of imprisonment or confinement.

Examples for black-hole

And at the top of the slope I saw a black hole, and got off my pony to look in.

So, only when you have spiraling matter down do you get these ferocious, black hole jets.

Will backers want to pour ever more money into this black hole?

Hawking radiation for realistic black holes is a minuscule effect, and the bigger the black hole, the less radiation there is.

"It will be the 'black hole of Calcutta' downstairs," she remarked.

The planet is deep in the gravitational well of a black hole, and the black hole would surely have very high tidal forces.

Roddy raced to the sound and saw in the wall a gaping, black hole.

I was suffering all by myself at the bottom of a black hole.

First, their simulations fail after the gravitational collapse stops, so they cannot show what replaces a black hole.

So down we goes into a black hole that yawns in the middle of a muddy field.