Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hub-and-spoke

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: hub-and-spoke
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being or relating to a topology, whether for the physical distribution of goods or for telecommunications, that has a central "hub" connecting a number of outlying "spokes".

Example Sentences

"We had no NATO counterpart in the Pacific, only a series of "hub and spoke" bilateral alliances, so we always worked for greater South Korean–Japanese cooperation[…]"

Phrases

point-to-point

Frequently Paired Words

hubbing point-to-point

Synonyms

hub-and-spoke system

Questions

What does hub-and-spoke mean?: Being or relating to a topology, whether for the physical distribution of goods or for telecommunications, that has a central "hub" connecting a number of outlying "spokes".

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