white hole

American  

noun

1. pigeonhole.

2. Astronomy. a theoretical celestial object into which matter is funneled from a black hole.

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Example Sentences

In the same conversation, Dr. Bardeen described recent ideas he had about what happens as a black hole evaporates, suggesting that it might change into a white hole,

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2022

For that one reason, the sense that there is a huge white hole at the burning center of federal civil rights law seems inescapable today.

From Slate • Nov. 23, 2021

There was a little white hole at the other end, maybe a few hundred meters away; it was hard to gauge.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2013

But here, now, something came burrowing out of a white hole.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2010

Still, he eats the paint and plaster until a white hole grows where pale green paint used to be.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson