wormhole
/ˈwɜrmˌhoʊl/
noun
- A tunnel-like hole made by a worm in soil, wood, fruit, or other material.
- The apple had a small wormhole near the stem.
- The old fence post was full of wormholes from years of decay.
- Wormholes in the garden soil help aerate the ground.
- In physics and science fiction, a hypothetical shortcut through space-time that could connect two distant points in the universe.
- In the movie, the astronauts travel through a wormhole to reach another galaxy.
- Some scientists think wormholes might exist but are extremely unstable.
- The novel describes a wormhole that allows instant travel between stars.