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Definition wheelhouse

Etymology

From wheel +‎ house. Sense 3 (“(baseball) a pitch location which is favourable to the hitter”) references the fact that a vessel is controlled from its wheelhouse (sense 1.2), and sense 4 (“a person’s area of authority or expertise”) is a figurative use of sense 2.

Noun

wheelhouse (plural wheelhouses)

  1. A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
    1. (automotive) The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
    2. (nautical) An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
    3. (nautical) The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
  2. (archaeology) A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
  3. (Canada, US, baseball, by extension from sense 1.2) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
  4. (Canada, US, figuratively) A person's area of authority or expertise.

Results 111 Words with the letters WHEELHOUSE

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11 letter words with the letters WHEELHOUSE ↑
WHEELHOUSES 20
10 letter words with the letters WHEELHOUSE ↑
WHEELHOUSE 19
6 letter words with the letters WHEELHOUSE ↑
HOUSEL 10
WHEELS 12
WHOLES 12
5 letter words with the letters WHEELHOUSE ↑
HEELS 8
HELOS 8
HOLES 8
HOSEL 8
HOUSE 8
HOWES 10
HOWLS 11
LOUSE 7
LOWES 9
LOWSE 9
OUSEL 7
SHEOL 8
WELSH 11
WHEEL 11
WHOLE 11
WHOSE 10
4 letter words with the letters WHEELHOUSE ↑
EELS 5
ELSE 5
EWES 7
HEEL 7
HEHS 8
HELO 7
HEWS 9
HOES 6
HOLE 7
HOLS 7
HOSE 6
HOWE 9
HOWL 10
HOWS 9
HUES 7
HUSH 9
LEES 5
LOSE 5
LOWE 8
LOWS 8
LUES 6
LUSH 8
OLES 5
OWES 7
OWLS 8
OWSE 7
SEEL 5
SHEW 9
SHOE 6
SHOW 9
SHUL 8
SLEW 8
SLOE 5
SLOW 8
SLUE 6
SOLE 5
SOUL 6
WEEL 8
WEES 7
WHEE 9
WOES 7
3 letter words with the letters WHEELHOUSE ↑
EEL 4
ELS 4
EWE 6
HEH 7
HES 5
HEW 8
HOE 5
HOW 8
HUE 6
HUH 8
LEE 4
LEU 5
LOW 7
OES 3
OHS 5
OLE 4
OSE 3
OWE 6
OWL 7
SEE 3
SEL 4
SEW 6
SHE 5
SHH 7
SOL 4
SOU 4
SOW 6
SUE 4
USE 4
WEE 6
WHO 8
WOE 6
WOS 6
2 letter words with the letters WHEELHOUSE ↑
EH 4
EL 3
ES 2
HE 4
HO 4
LO 3
OE 2
OH 4
OS 2
OW 5
SH 4
SO 2
UH 5
US 3
WE 5
WO 5

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