Wheelhouse
noun, plural wheelhouses
[hweel-hou-ziz, weel-] /ˈʰwilˌhaʊ zɪz, ˈwil-/ (Show IPA)
1.
pilothouse.
Idioms
2.
in one’s wheelhouse,
Baseball. (of a pitch) within the zone that is most advantageous for a batter to hit a home run.
within one’s area of expertise or interest:
There are some subjects that are in your wheelhouse and some that are not.
3.
in the same wheelhouse, very similar and usually in the same category:
The two folk singers are in the same wheelhouse.
noun
1.
another term for pilot house
wheelhouse
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