About The Word Hub
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What's The Definition Of Hub?
[n] the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
[n] the center of a city Synonyms | Synonyms for Hub: civic center | down town | municipal center Related Terms | Find terms related to Hub: approach | arbor | asymptote | axis | axle | axle bar | axle shaft | axle spindle | axle-tree | bottleneck | center | center of action | center of gravity | centroid | centrum | chimney | chimney corner | collision course | concentralization | concentration | concourse | concurrence | confluence | conflux | congress | convergence | converging | core | crossing | dead center | distaff | epicenter | fender | fire screen | fireboard | fireguard | fireplace | fireside | flue | focal point | focalization | focus | fulcrum | funnel | gimbal | gudgeon | heart | hearth | hearthstone | hinge | hingle | hob | ingle | inglenook | ingleside | kernel | mandrel | marrow | medulla | meeting | metacenter | middle | mutual approach | narrowing gap | nave | navel | nerve | nub | nucleus | oarlock | omphalos | pin | pintle | pith | pivot | pole | radiant | radius | rowlock | seat | smokehole | spindle | spokes | storm center | swivel | tangent | trunnion | umbilicus See Also | blower | car wheel | center | centre | city | electric fan | eye | heart | metropolis | middle | part | portion | propeller | propellor | urban center Hub In Webster's Dictionary \Hub\, n. [See 1st {Hob}.]
1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the
nave. See Illust. of {Axle box}.
2. The hilt of a weapon. --Halliwell.
3. A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub
in the road. [U.S.] See {Hubby}.
4. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
5. (Diesinking) A hardened, engraved steel punch for
impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
6. A screw hob. See {Hob}, 3.
7. A block for scotching a wheel.
{Hub plank} (Highway Bridges), a horizontal guard plank along
a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub.
{Up to the hub}, as far as possible in embarrassment or
difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire;
deeply involved. [Colloq.]
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