wheelhouse

American  

[weel-hous, hweel-] / ˈwilˌhaʊs, ˈʰwil- /

noun

plural

wheelhouses

1. pilothouse.

2. an area of expertise: Critical thinking is the wheelhouse of the liberal arts.

   This product plays directly into marketing’s wheelhouse.

   Critical thinking is the wheelhouse of the liberal arts.

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idioms

1. in the same wheelhouse, very similar and usually in the same category.

   The two folk singers are in the same wheelhouse.

2. in one’s wheelhouse,

   1. Baseball. (of a pitch) within the zone that is most advantageous for a batter to hit a home run.

   2. within one’s area of expertise or interest.

      There are some subjects that are in your wheelhouse and some that are not.

wheelhouse British  

/ ˈwiːlˌhaʊs /

noun

1. another term for pilot house

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Etymology

Origin of wheelhouse

First recorded in 1805–15; wheel + house

Example Sentences

“And in areas of mathematics that were not in my wheelhouse, I felt like the models were already blowing me away.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I am completely out of my wheelhouse publicly, not privately, because I was in improv teams since I was 14.

From Los Angeles Times

R2-D2, among other functions, automatically scans the vast startup market for companies in Touring’s wheelhouse: AI startups on the verge of raising Series B financing.

From The Wall Street Journal

He loves math, statistics and sports, so becoming someone who analyzes sports data is in his wheelhouse.

From Los Angeles Times

I would love to know as much as my chef friends know because they can reference a spice, or they can think of something that might be good that wouldn’t even be in my wheelhouse.

From Salon