hub
/hʌb/
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Ireland/hʊb/
hub noun: the central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. Also the alternative letter-case form of Hub.
Noun
hub (plural hubs)
- The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
- If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool.2011, Rebekah Modrak, Bill Anthes, Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice
- A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
- Hong Kong International Airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.
- From the ground, Colombo's port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka's capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India's southern tip.2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52
- A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
- A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
- A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
- A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
- A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
- a hub in the road
- An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.
- In a break with tradition, these levels are tackled in any order, with the next act chosen from a semi-random selection machine located in the game's hub area.2014, Julian Hazeldine, Speedrun: The Unauthorised History of Sonic The Hedgehog, page 47
- A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
- A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
- A screw hob.
- A block for scotching a wheel.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Hub
the Hub
- Nickname for Boston: a major city in Massachusetts, United States.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Hub
the Hub
- Pornhub.
- It will eventually, the Hub will replace every video site since it has everything for let's plays to porn.2019 November 18, u/karbonpanzer, “Porn hub^([sic]) should be the new youtube”, in Reddit, r/unpopularopinion, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2023
- Ive straight up had my girl hand me her phone with the hub opened up because she didnt wana deal with it lmao2021 January 28, u/someguyat3am, “I don't want to be in a relationship with someone if they watch porn.”, in Reddit, r/unpopularopinion, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2023
Also used as
hub is also the alternative letter-case form of Hub.
hub meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
hub in Hindi
- हब
hub in Tamil
- central part of a wheel
- குடம் kuṭam
hub in Urdu
- ہب
hub in Bengali
- হাব
More languagesFewer languages
- hub in Telugu
- హబ్
- hub in Malayalam
- ഹബ്, ഹബ്ബ്
- hub in Kannada
- ಹಬ್
- hub in Punjabi
- ਹੱਬ
- hub in Gujarati
- હબ
- hub in Odia
- ହବ୍
- hub in Nepali
- हब, हब्
- hub in Malay
- hab
- hub in Indonesian
- hub
- hub in Persian
- ستونک sotunak, توپی tupi
- hub in Thai
- ดุม dum
- hub in Vietnamese
- trục bánh xe
Examples of hub in a sentence
- The network hub polled the department’s computers to determine which ones could still respond.
- The spokes on most modern bicycle wheels are tangential to the hub rather than radial.
- We daisy-chained several USB hubs to see if we could reach the far side of the room.
Synonyms of hub
Forms of hub
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hubs |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | hub |
Origin of hub
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.
From hub.
Clipping of Pornhub, from hub.
Words formed from hub
Phrases with hub
Words that rhyme with hub
Questions about hub
- What does hub mean?
- Hub means the central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
- What is hub in Hindi?
- Hub in Hindi is हब. See Hub meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hub?
- Hub can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hub?
- Hub is pronounced /hʌb/.
- What is the plural of hub?
- The plural of hub is hubs.
Words near hub in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hub (page history and authors); Hub (page history and authors); hub (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hub (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hub (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hub (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hub (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hub (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hub (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hub (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hub (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hub (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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