hub´like´

hub´like´
hub «huhb», noun.
1. the central part of a wheel, which rotates on or with the axle: »

The wagon tipped over as the axle slipped out of the hub of the wheel.

2. Figurative. any center of interest, importance, or activity. »

London is the hub of English life. Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system (Oliver Wendell Holmes).

SYNONYM(S): pivot, heart, core.
3. = hob1 (def. 2). (Cf.hob)
4. a cylindrical piece of steel on which the design for a coin is engraved in relief. After hardening, it is used to make the dies employed in coining.
[variant of hob1 (of a fireplace)]
hub´like´, adjective.

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