Antonyms for treadmill


Grammar : Noun
Spell : tred-mil
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrɛdˌmɪl


Definition of treadmill

Origin :
  • invented (and named) 1822 by William Cubitt of Ipswich, England; originally an instrument of prison discipline; from tread (v.) + mill (n.1).
  • noun grind
Example sentences :
  • The bovine humanity fitted to the machinery as the ox to the treadmill.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • We trudge in the treadmill and call it love of our ancient institutions.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
  • It is provided with a treadmill just forward of the big stern wheel.
  • Extract from : « The Critic in the Orient » by George Hamlin Fitch
  • He took me in his hand, certainly, but he popped me into a cage, a treadmill.
  • Extract from : « What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales » by Hans Christian Andersen
  • He took me up, indeed, in his hand; but he put me in a cage, a treadmill.
  • Extract from : « The Sand-Hills of Jutland » by Hans Christian Andersen
  • I have heard about a treadmill,” said Harry, “but I never saw one.
  • Extract from : « The Land of the Kangaroo » by Thomas Wallace Knox
  • How do you know it was thirty-five years you were on the treadmill, Manuel?
  • Extract from : « Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas » by Raphael Aloysius Lafferty
  • This proved to be a West Indian substitute for the treadmill.
  • Extract from : « The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 » by Various
  • Usually on a treadmill a horse or a mule has to work whether they like it or not.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Motor-cycle » by Victor Appleton
  • Can I promise them that you will speak about picking oakum and doing the treadmill?
  • Extract from : « Rebel women » by Evelyn Sharp

Synonyms for treadmill

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