A treadmill is commonly encountered today as a piece of indoor sporting equipment used to allow for the motions of running or walking while staying in one place. The word treadmill traditionally refers to a type of mill which was operated by a person or animal treading steps of a wheel to grind grain
A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline
{i} exercise machine comprising of an endless moving strip on which one can walk or jog for exercise without moving forward; machine which utilizes walking or running motion (by people or animals) to produce rotational motion; repetitive task, monotonous work
You can refer to a task or a job as a treadmill when you have to keep doing it although it is unpleasant and exhausting. Mr Stocks can expect a gruelling week on the publicity treadmill
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 job involving drudgery and confinement a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
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Definition of tread mill in Turkish English dictionary