Usually means: Exercise machine for walking, running.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. treadmill: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. treadmill: Merriam-Webster
  3. treadmill: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. treadmill: Collins English Dictionary
  5. treadmill: Vocabulary.com
  6. Treadmill, treadmill: Wordnik
  7. treadmill: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. treadmill: Wiktionary
  9. treadmill: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. treadmill: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. treadmill: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. treadmill: Dictionary.com
  13. treadmill: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Treadmill (disambiguation), Treadmill: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Treadmill: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. treadmill: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. treadmill: Rhymezone
  18. Treadmill: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. treadmill: FreeDictionary.org
  20. treadmill: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. treadmill: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. treadmill: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. treadmill: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Treadmill: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  5. Treadmill: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. treadmill: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See treadmilling as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to allow for the motions of running or walking while staying in one place.
noun:  (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.
noun:  A mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
noun:  (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.
verb:  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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