Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hubward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hub-ward
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Towards the center (of a rotating spaceship or space station).

Example Sentences

"At 1700 station time, he headed hubward to where Captain Arran Syke, formerly captain of Mother Ramona's private guard, now head of Crossways Militia, had his office."

Etymology

From hub (“the central part of a wheel”) + -ward.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hub

Inflected Forms

more hubward (comparative) most hubward (superlative)

Questions

What does hubward mean?: Towards the center (of a rotating spaceship or space station).
Where does hubward come from?: From hub (“the central part of a wheel”) + -ward.

How to pronounce hubward

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