hub

1. 1.

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

   Broaderpart

   Part ofcar wheelelectric fanpropeller
2. 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”

   Broadercenter

   Narrowercivic center

Other forms of hub

plural

hubs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hub

What does hub mean?

hub means "the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hub?

hub has 1 syllable: hub. In IPA it is /ˈhʌb/.

Is hub a common word?

hub is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.