In 1756, Shiraji's men locked the British in a black hole in India, which meant a prison that could not be released.
What does "which" mean in this sentence?
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Re: help me
I don't know what history lesson this is from, but I'm 99% certain that 'which' is simply clarifying that a 'black hole' in this context refers to 'a prison that could not be released' and not it's cosmological definition (a superdense sphere of matter)
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Re: help me
"Which" here just refers to the first part of the sentence (the part before the comma ",").
"Which meant" is used to indicate that the second half of the sentence (the part that comes after "which meant") is there to explain what the first part means.
"Meant" is the past tense of "mean", as in meaning. It is in past tense here because it is referring to something that happened in the past, in 1756.
