Hub definition
Hollywood is the hub of the US movie industry.
Hongkong airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.
An example of a hub is the center of a wheel.
An example of a hub is an intersection of roads with many popular restaurants.
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Noun
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of hub
- After a scene in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858), a dialogue collection by Oliver Wendell Holmes, in which a character summarizes the civic pride of Bostonians with the phrase Boston State-House is the Hub of the Solar System
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Probably alteration of hob
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From earlier hubbe, which has the same immediate origin as hob. Hub was originally a dialectal word; its ultimate origin is unknown.
From Wiktionary