black hole
noun [C]Definition
› specialized a region in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escapeAstronomy - general words › an imaginary place in which things are lostLosing and lossWinning and losing
(Definition of black hole noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- astray adverb
- desert verb (LEAVE BEHIND)
- disappear verb
- escape noun (GET FREE)
- forfeit noun
- get to phrasal verb
- go walkabout idiom
- haemorrhage noun
- haemorrhage verb
- lose verb (NOT HAVE)
- lose your way idiom
- loss noun
- lost adjective (PLACE UNKNOWN)
- mislay verb
- misplace verb
- miss verb (NOTICE)
- slip through sb's fingers idiom
- stray verb
- wave/say goodbye to sth idiom
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Losing and loss
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