hub.
The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
Meaning & usage
The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
Hong Kong International Airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.
A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
a hub in the road
An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.
A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
A screw hob.
A block for scotching a wheel.
Where this word comes from
From earlier hubbe, which has the same immediate origin as hob. Hub was originally a dialectal word; its ultimate origin is unknown. Compare German Hubbel (“bump on a surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hubil (“bump, hill”) (which contains a diminutive suffix *-il); compare English hive, or perhaps ultimately from the same root as hip or hop.
Alternative letter-case form of Hub.
Where this word comes from
From earlier hubbe, which has the same immediate origin as hob. Hub was originally a dialectal word; its ultimate origin is unknown. Compare German Hubbel (“bump on a surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hubil (“bump, hill”) (which contains a diminutive suffix *-il); compare English hive, or perhaps ultimately from the same root as hip or hop.
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