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Plural of treadmill

regular plural

The plural of treadmill is treadmills.

Forms of treadmill

Singulartreadmill /ˈtɹɛd.mɪl/
Pluraltreadmills
Countablecountable

Treadmills in a sentence

  • With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4
  • During the '90s, some social trendwatchers believe, the same overwhelming urge to join will drive aging yuppies off their treadmills and into the streets.1991, Kurt Finsterbusch, Annual Editions: Sociology, 91-92. From the entry trendwatcher

Meaning of treadmill

  1. noun A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to allow for the motions of running or walking while staying in one place.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun A mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.

Full definition of treadmill

Questions about the plural of treadmill

What is the plural of treadmill?
The plural of treadmill is treadmills.
Is treadmill countable?
Treadmill is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: treadmill (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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