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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