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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hub /hʌb/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mechanical Engineeringthe central part of a wheel, fan, propeller, etc.
- a focus of activity or authority;
core:The city was the manufacturing hub.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hub (hub),USA pronunciation n., v., hubbed, hub•bing. n. - Mechanical Engineeringthe central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
- Mechanical Engineeringthe central part or axle end from which blades or spokelike parts radiate on various devices, as on a fan or propeller.
- Economicsa center around which other things revolve or from which they radiate;
a focus of activity, authority, commerce, transportation, etc.:Chicago is a railroad hub. - the Hub, Boston, Mass. (used as a nickname).
- the peg or hob used as a target in quoits and similar games.
- Electricityany one of the holes in an electrical panel, into which connections may be plugged.
- Currency[Coining.]a design of hardened steel in relief, used as a punch in making a die.
- Surveyinga stake bearing a tack used to mark a theodolite position.
- Metallurgya die forced into a metal blank.
v.t. - Metallurgyto stamp (a metal blank) with a hub.
- perh. variant of hob1 1505–15
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged core, pivot, heart.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hub /hʌb/ n - the central portion of a wheel, propeller, fan, etc, through which the axle passes
- the focal point
- a device for connecting computers in a network
Etymology: 17th Century: probably variant of hob1 |