hub

Pluralhubs

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A place where many routes meet and travelers or goods are sent on in different directions.

   Our small town became a hub for trucks after the new highway opened.

   The airline sends most of its flights through one big hub.

   Similarcenter, junction, nexus

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A main center where you can get many services of one kind.

   The new health hub has doctors, a dentist and a pharmacy.

   The library is now a learning hub for the whole town.

   Similarcenter, complex, facility

3. 3
   nouncountable

   The round middle part of a wheel.

   The spokes of a bike wheel all meet at the hub.

   Mud was caked all over the hub of my back wheel.

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A device that links several computer network cables together.

   We plugged all four computers into the hub.

   The light on the hub blinks when data comes through.

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   A place in a video game where you choose which level to play next.

   After each level, you go back to the hub to pick the next one.

   The castle is the game's hub, with doors that lead to every world.

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6. 6
   nounUScountable

   A rough bump or something sticking up that gets in the way.

   The car bounced when it hit a hub in the road.

   He tripped over a hub in the sidewalk where a root had pushed up the concrete.

   Similarbump, lump, knob, hump

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   A pointed stick with a nail in it, put in the ground to mark a spot for a short time.

   The workers put a hub in the ground at each corner of the lot.

   Don't move that hub, because it marks where the new road will go.

   Similarstake, peg

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8. 8
   nouncountable

   The mark you try to hit when throwing rings in a game like quoits.

   Her ring landed right next to the hub.

   Each player took turns tossing three rings at the hub.

   Similarpin, target

9. 9
   nouncountable

   A hard steel tool carved with a design, used to press that design into coin stamps.

   The engraver spent weeks cutting the design into the hub.

   The mint used one hub to make all the stamps for the new coin.

10. 10
    nouncountable

    A block put against a wheel so that it cannot roll.

    Put a hub behind the back wheel so the cart won't roll away.

    The farmer kept a hub in the truck for parking on hills.

    Similarchock, wedge, block

11. 11
    nouncountable

    A weasel that is male.

    We saw a hub chasing a female weasel near the barn.

    The hub was a little bigger than the two females.

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