hub

/hʌb/noun
Middle School
1

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.

2

A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.

3

A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.

4

A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.

5

A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.

6

A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.

7

A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.

8

An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.

9

A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.

10

A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

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Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)

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Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing

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