NOUN | artifact | hub | the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes |
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location | hub | a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation |
Sounds | hhah'b | |
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Rhymes | Arab ... washtub: 23 rhymes with ahb... |
Meaning | The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes. | |
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Part of | car wheel | A wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap |
electric fan, blower | A fan run by an electric motor | |
propeller, propellor | A mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water | |
Broader | part, portion | Something less than the whole of a human artifact |
Spanish | buje, maza |
Meaning | A center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve. | |
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Narrower | civic center, municipal center, down town | The center of a city |
Broader | center, centre, middle, heart, eye | An area that is approximately central within some larger / larger region |
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