wormhole

/ˌwʌrmˈhoʊl/
/ˈwʌmhəʊl/
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Other forms: wormholes

Definitions of wormhole
  1. noun
    a tunnel made by a burrowing soft-bodied animal or insect larva
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    type of:
    hole, hollow
    a depression hollowed out of solid matter
  2. noun
    a tunnel connecting two different points in space and time, speculated by some scientists to exist and used often in science fiction
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