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| hub | |
| 1. n. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. |  |
| 2. n. A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted. | |
| Hongkong airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia. | |
| 3. n. (computing) A computer networking device connecting several ethernet ports. See switch. | |
| 4. n. (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point. | |
| 5. n. A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack. | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) The hilt of a weapon. | |
| 7. n. (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction. | |
| 8. n. (video games) An area in a video game from which most or all of the game's levels are accessed. | |
| Peach's Castle in Super Mario 64 is an early example of a hub world. | |
| 9. n. (science fiction) A planet which serves as a hub. | |
| a hub in the road | |
| 10. n. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown. | |
| 11. n. A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc. | |
| 12. n. A screw hob. | |
| 13. n. A block for scotching a wheel. | |
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