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- Dictionarytread·mill/ˈtredˌmil/
noun
- 1. a device formerly used for driving machinery, consisting of a large wheel with steps fitted into its inner surface. It was turned by the weight of people or animals treading the steps.
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The meaning of TREADMILL is a device having an endless belt on which an individual walks or runs in place for exercise or physiological testing. How to use treadmill in a sentence.
a wide wheel turned by the weight of people climbing on steps around its edge, used in the past to provide power for machines or, more usually, as a punishment for prisoners.
A treadmill is a device generally used for walking, running, or climbing while staying in the same place. Treadmills were introduced before the development of powered machines to harness the power of animals or humans to do work, often a type of mill operated by a person or animal treading the steps of a treadwheel to grind grain.
A treadmill is a piece of equipment, for example an exercise machine, consisting of a wheel with steps around its edge or a continuous moving belt. The weight of a person or animal walking on it causes the wheel or belt to turn.
A treadmill is an exercise machine for walking or running in place. If it's bitterly cold outside, you might decide to go to the gym and run on the treadmill instead of taking your usual outdoor jog. A treadmill was originally a type of human- or animal-powered machine.
[countable] (especially in the past) a large wheel turned by the weight of people or animals walking on steps around its inside edge, and used to operate machines. [countable] an exercise machine that has a moving surface that you can walk or run on while remaining in the same place.
1. A wheel with steps on which a person treads, used to power machinery. 2. An exercise device consisting of a continuous moving belt on which a person or animal can walk or run while remaining in one place. 3. A monotonous routine or set of tasks. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
What does the noun treadmill mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun treadmill . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Treadmill definition: an apparatus for producing rotary motion by the weight of people or animals, treading on a succession of moving steps or a belt that forms a kind of continuous path, as around the periphery of a pair of horizontal cylinders..
Treadmill definition: A wheel with steps on which a person treads, used to power machinery.
