Meaning & use
black hole
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A region of space with gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from it.
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Astronomers captured the first image of a black hole in 2019.
The star eventually collapsed into a black hole.
A note on using this word
'Black hole' is normally written as two words; informally, 'blackhole' as one word is sometimes used as a verb meaning to make something disappear without a trace.
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