hub : Idioms & Phrases


hub of the universe

  • noun state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
    Bean Town; Boston; Beantown; capital of Massachusetts.
WordNet

Hub plank

  • (Highway Bridges), a horizontal guard plank along a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub.
Webster 1913

hub-and-spoke

  • noun a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available
    hub-and-spoke.
WordNet

hub-and-spoke system

  • noun a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available
    hub-and-spoke.
WordNet

Up to the hub

  • as far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved. Colloq.
Webster 1913