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hub

UK/hʌb/ US/hʊb/ fairly common informal us

noun

1.

the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes

2.

a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve

  • “the playground is the hub of parental supervision”
  • “the airport is the economic hub of the area”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • Hub City
  • hub plank
  • hub world
  • POGO hub
  • the Hub
  • up to the hub
  • warm hub

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