wheelhouse
noun/ˈwiːlhaʊs/
/ˈwiːlhaʊs/
- a small cabin with walls and a roof on a ship where the person controlling the direction in which the ship moves stands at the wheelTopics Transport by waterc2
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- (North American English) a person's area of expert knowledge or experience
- in somebody's wheelhouse The movie has superstar DiCaprio in a role that is right in his wheelhouse.
- (in baseball) if a pitch (= throw of the ball) is in your wheelhouse, it is in the area where it is easiest to hit
- The ball was in Escobar's wheelhouse and he hammered it to right-center field.
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