wheelhouse

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Synonyms: wheel house, wheelhorse, wellhouse, wheel-horse, wheel horse, peelhouse, wheelhouses

Antonyms: wheel house, wheelhorse, wellhouse, wheel-horse, wheel horse, peelhouse, wheelhouses

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Noun

1. A [[building#Noun|building]] or other [[structure#Noun|structure]] [[contain]]ing a ([[large]]) [[wheel#Noun|wheel]], such as the [[water wheel]] of a [[mill#Noun|mill]].
2. {{senseid|en|prehistoric dwelling type}} {{lb|en|archaeology}} A [[prehistoric]] structure from the [[Iron Age]] found in [[Scotland]], characteristically including an outer [[wall#Noun|wall]] within which a [[circle#Noun|circle]] of [[stone#Noun|stone]] [[pier]]s ([[resemble|resembling]] the [[spoke#Noun|spokes]] of a wheel) form the basis for [[lintel]] [[arch#Noun|arches]] [[support#Verb|supporting]] [[corbelled#Adjective|corbelled]] [[roofing#Noun|roofing]] with a [[hearth]] at the [[hub]].
3. {{lb|en|Canada|US|baseball|by extension from sense 1.2}} A [[pitch#Noun|pitch]] [[location]] which is [[favourable]] to the [[hitter]].
4. {{lb|en|Canada|US|figuratively}} A person's [[area]] of [[authority]] or [[expertise]].
5. {{lb|en|Canada|US|figuratively}} A set of skills necessitated by a situation.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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