Hub (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
  2. the central part or axle end from which blades or spokelike parts radiate on various devices, as on a fan or propeller.
  3. a center around which other things revolve or from which they radiate; a focus of activity, authority, commerce, transportation, etc.: Chicago is a railroad hub.
  4. Boston, Massachusetts (used as a nickname).
  5. the peg or hob used as a target in quoits and similar games.
  6. any one of the holes in an electrical panel, into which connections may be plugged.
  7. a device connecting others in a network and enabling communication among them by receiving data packets from any of the devices and broadcasting them to every device on the network irrespective of the intended destination: used primarily in small local area networks.
  8. a design of hardened steel in relief, used as a punch in making a die.
  9. a stake bearing a tack used to mark a theodolite position.
  10. a die forced into a metal blank.
verb (used with object), hubbed, hub·bing.
  1. to stamp (a metal blank) with a hub.
noun
  1. the central portion of a wheel, propeller, fan, etc, through which the axle passes
  2. the focal point
  3. a device for connecting computers in a network
Hub (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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