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freehub

freehub noun: a type of bicycle hub incorporating a ratcheting mechanism, with a cassette, or set of sprockets, mounted onto a splined shaft of the hub to engage the chain.

freehub: a type of bicycle hub incorporating a ratcheting mechanism, with a cassette, or set of sprockets,...
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Noun

freehub (plural freehubs)

  1. A type of bicycle hub incorporating a ratcheting mechanism, with a cassette, or set of sprockets, mounted onto a splined shaft of the hub to engage the chain.
    • In many high-end and midrange bicycles, freehubs have replaced freewheel systems.

Forms of freehub

pluralfreehubs

Origin of freehub

From free + hub, genericized trademark.

Questions about freehub

What does freehub mean?
Freehub means a type of bicycle hub incorporating a ratcheting mechanism, with a cassette, or set of sprockets, mounted onto a splined shaft of the hub to engage the chain.
What part of speech is freehub?
Freehub is a noun.
What is the plural of freehub?
The plural of freehub is freehubs.

Words near freehub in the dictionary

  1. freeholding
  2. freeholdings
  3. freeholds
  4. freehood
  5. freehoods
  6. freehub
  7. freehubs
  8. freeing
  9. freeing up
  10. freeingly
  11. freeings

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