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Hey, I was wondering about the word "black" in black hole(the space one). Would black be an adjective toward hole? Why or why not? Thanks for your help.

Ryan smith · Accepted Answer

Yes, black is an adjective. All colour words are.

Zero · Answer

All right. This is the guy from BHA, Leon. You know who I am. Okay, wouldn't black hole be just a single noun? Look, a black hole is a term. For those of you who do not know, a black hole is formed when a star is at least 50 times the mass of our sun (approx. nothing in astrophysics is guaranteed or exact) and explodes in a supernova once it has used up all its hydrogen fuel. The gravity differences then force it to be crushed to a point beyond a neutron star and gives us a black hole. It has a infinite gravitational force, infinite temperature, and quite a few more infinites (theoretically speaking). Now, I looked up “black hole” in “Webster’s College Dictionary Fourth Edition” and found the word “black hole” as one term and found it as a noun. Dictionaries do not list adjectives with nouns in the same word unless it is a term or a proper noun. Doesn’t that make it a single noun? If you were talking about some other hole, your statement holds true. However let's just wait for one of the teachers to come by and pray they aren’t military and don't bash us.

Ryan smith · Answer

Yes, I agree that "black hole" is a noun. I've found it in my dictionary, too.

But, the original question is phrased in such a way that it essentially asks: "Is black an adjective?".

Final answer:

black = adj.
black hole = noun

Over and out.

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