hub : Idioms & Phrases
hub of the universe
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noun state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
Bean Town; Boston; Beantown; capital of Massachusetts.
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Hub plank
(Highway Bridges) , a horizontal guard plank along a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub.
Webster 1913
hub-and-spoke
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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.
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hub-and-spoke system
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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.