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Colorful idioms used in English
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Colorful English!
Word or Phrase:Part of Speech:Idiom or General?:Usage?Restricted?
white holenounan astronomy related termnot as common
as black hole
No
Meaning:
a hypothetical object in space, that, although it is extremely dense, still radiates an enormous amount of energy and matter
Example(s):
No one has ever seen a white hole, but scientists think they might exist.

Note: See black hole.