hub
noun
1 hub
The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
Roget 312:
rotation,
revolution,
spinning,
gyration,
turning about an axis,
turning aound an axis,
circulation,
roll;
circumrotation†,
circumvolution,
circumgyration†;
volutation†,
circination†,
turbination†,
pirouette,
convolution.
verticity†,
whir,
whirl,
eddy,
vortex,
whirlpool,
gurge†;
countercurrent;
Maelstrom,
Charybdis;
Ixion.
[rotating air]
cyclone;
tornado,
whirlwind;
dust devil.
[rotation of an automobile]
spin-out.
axis,
axis of rotation,
swivel,
pivot,
pivot point;
axle,
spindle,
pin,
hinge,
pole,
arbor,
bobbin,
mandrel;
axle shaft;
gymbal;
hub,
hub of rotation.
[rotation and translation together]
helix,
helical motion.
[measure of rotation]
angular momentum,
angular velocity;
revolutions per minute,
RPM.
[result of rotation]
centrifugal force;
surge;
vertigo,
dizzy round;
coriolus force.
[things that go around]
carousel,
merry-go-round;
Ferris wheel;
top,
dreidel†,
teetotum;
gyroscope;
turntable,
lazy suzan;
screw,
whirligig,
rollingstone†,
water wheel,
windmill;
wheel,
pulley wheel,
roulette wheel,
potter's wheel,
pinwheel,
gear;
roller;
flywheel;
jack;
caster;
centrifuge,
ultracentrifuge,
bench centrifuge,
refrigerated centrifuge,
gas centrifuge,
microfuge;
drill,
augur,
oil rig;
wagon wheel,
wheel,
tire,
tyre [Brit.].
[Science of rotary motion]
trochilics†.
[person who rotates]
whirling dervish.
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Roget 250:
convexity,
prominence,
projection,
swelling,
gibbosity†,
bilge,
bulge,
protuberance,
protrusion;
camber,
cahot [U.S.].
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].
swell.
intumescence;
tumour [Brit.],
tumor;
tubercle,
tuberosity [Anat.];
excrescence;
hump,
hunch,
bunch.
boss,
embossment,
hub,
hubble;
[convex body parts]
tooth [U.S.],
knob,
elbow,
process,
apophysis†,
condyle,
bulb,
node,
nodule,
nodosity†,
tongue,
dorsum,
bump,
clump;
sugar loaf
etc.
(sharpness)
253;
bow;
mamelon†;
molar;
belly,
corporation†,
pot belly,
gut [Coll.];
withers,
back,
shoulder,
lip,
flange.
[convexities on skin]
pimple,
zit [Slang];
wen,
wheel,
papula [Med.],
pustule,
pock,
proud flesh,
growth,
sarcoma,
caruncle†,
corn,
wart,
pappiloma,
furuncle,
polypus†,
fungus,
fungosity†,
exostosis†,
bleb,
blister,
blain†;
boil
etc.
(disease)
655;
airbubble†,
blob,
papule,
verruca.
[convex body parts on chest]
papilla,
nipple,
teat,
tit [Vulg.],
titty [Vulg.],
boob [Vulg.],
knocker [Vulg.],
pap,
breast,
dug,
mammilla†.
[prominent convexity on the face]
proboscis,
nose,
neb,
beak,
snout,
nozzle,
schnoz [Coll.].
peg,
button,
stud,
ridge,
rib,
jutty,
trunnion,
snag.
cupola,
dome,
arch,
balcony,
eaves;
pilaster.
relief,
relievo [It],
cameo;
bassorilievo†,
mezzorilevo†,
altorivievo;
low relief,
bas relief [Fr.],
high relief.
hill
etc.
(height)
206;
cape,
promontory,
mull;
forehead,
foreland†;
point of land,
mole,
jetty,
hummock,
ledge,
spur;
naze†,
ness.
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Roget 247:
circularity,
roundness;
rotundity
etc.
249.
circle,
circlet,
ring,
areola,
hoop,
roundlet†,
annulus,
annulet†,
bracelet,
armlet;
ringlet;
eye,
loop,
wheel;
cycle,
orb,
orbit,
rundle,
zone,
belt,
cordon,
band;
contrate wheel†,
crown wheel;
hub;
nave;
sash,
girdle,
cestus†,
cincture,
baldric,
fillet,
fascia,
wreath,
garland;
crown,
corona,
coronet,
chaplet,
snood,
necklace,
collar;
noose,
lasso,
lassoo†.
ellipse,
oval,
ovule;
ellipsoid,
cycloid;
epicycloid [Geom.],
epicycle;
semicircle;
quadrant,
sextant,
sector.
sphere
etc.
249.
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Dutch: draaischijf, centrum, naaf
2 hub
A center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve.
Dutch: knooppunt, een kikker in de keel hebben, hub
Moby thesaurus: approach, arbor, asymptote, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle-tree, bottleneck, center, center of action, center of gravity, centroid, centrum, chimney, chimney corner, collision course, concentralization, concentration, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conflux, congress, convergence, converging, core, crossing, dead center, distaff, epicenter, fender, fire screen, fireboard, fireguard, fireplace, fireside, flue, focal point, focalization, focus, fulcrum, funnel, gimbal, gudgeon, heart, hearth, hearthstone, hinge, hingle, hob, ingle, inglenook, ingleside, kernel, mandrel, marrow, medulla, meeting, metacenter, middle, mutual approach, narrowing gap, nave, navel, nerve, nub, nucleus, oarlock, omphalos, pin, pintle, pith, pivot, pole, radiant, radius, rowlock, seat, smokehole, spindle, spokes, storm center, swivel, tangent, trunnion, umbilicus ... show more.
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