How to pronounce “treadmill”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to allow for the motions of running or walking while staying in one place.
• (historical) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It was used principally as a means of prison discipline.
• A mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
• (figurative) A process or situation in which continued effort leads to or is required for remaining at a particular state or level without moving ahead.
• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To exercise on a treadmill.
• To keep busy, for example with work or with other tasks, without being able to get ahead or make progress towards long-term goals.

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