Fuzzball

Common synonyms include: black hole microstate, dustball, furball, horizonless geometry, lint lump, lintball.

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A ball of fuzzy material. countable, uncountable
"I sit in my bedroom picking the pilly fuzzballs off my lambswool sweaters and the phone will ring."
2
Any soft, fuzzy creature. countable
"Ferrets can be very entertaining little fuzzballs, but keeping a ferret as a pet is also a big responsibility."
3
A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory. countable
4
A puffball. countable
5
An informal American street game resembling baseball. uncountable

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6
Synonym of pill (“ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing”). countable, uncountable

"I sit in my bedroom picking the pilly fuzzballs off my lambswool sweaters and the phone will ring."

From fuzz + ball.