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noun
- 1. the central part of a wheel, rotating on or with the axle, and from which the spokes radiate. Similar
- 2. the effective centre of an activity, region, or network: "the city has always been the financial hub of the country" Similar Opposite
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HUB definition: 1. the central or main part of something where there is most activity: 2. the central part of a…. Learn more.
Definition of 'hub' hub. (hʌb ) Word forms: hubs. 1. countable noun. You can describe a place as a hub of an activity when it is a very important centre for that activity. The island's social hub is the Cafe Sport. As a hub of finance and communications, Paris is now almost equal to London. [Also + of]
1. : the central part of a circular object (such as a wheel or propeller) spokes attached to the hub of the wheel. 2. a. : a center of activity : focal point. The island is a major tourist hub. b. : an airport or city through which an airline routes most of its traffic. c.
A hub is the center of a wheel or the center of some kind of activity. If all of an airline's flights go through Atlanta, you'd say the southern city is their hub. You know how a lot of activity is called a hubbub? That makes sense when you consider that a hub, in a wheel or otherwise, is the center of whatever's going on.
noun. the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted. the central part or axle end from which blades or spokelike parts radiate on various devices, as on a fan or propeller. Chicago is a railroad hub. the Hub, Boston, Massachusetts (used as a nickname).
[usually singular] hub (of something) the central and most important part of a particular place or activity. the commercial hub of the city; The kitchen was the hub of family life. to be at the hub of things (= where things happen and important decisions are made)
hub. (hʌb) n. 1. the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted. 2. the central part or axle end from which blades or spokelike parts radiate on various devices, as on a fan.
HUB definition: 1. a place that is the centre of a particular activity: 2. the round part in the centre of a wheel. Learn more.
Definition of hub noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A sharply protruding piece of ground, a hummock; a mass or lump of earth, esp. one forming an obstacle or obstruction (in later use chiefly one formed of frozen mud). Now rare (U.S. in later use). 1613. Their manifold temptations, are like so manie rubs and hubs, blockes, and stones, in their waies. T. Draxe, Earnest of our Inheritance 36. 1669.
