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treadwheels

treadwheels is the plural of treadwheel.

Meaning of treadwheel

Noun

treadwheel (plural treadwheels)

  1. A large wheel turned by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet upon its periphery, as for example in a treadmill.
    • It is so deep no man can draw the buckets on a winch, but they must have an ass inside a treadwheel to hoist them up.[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, “A Funeral”, in Moonfleet (Arnold’s English Literature Series), London: Edward Arnold & Co., →OCLC, page 148
    Synonyms:
    walking wheel

Questions about treadwheels

What is treadwheels the plural of?
Treadwheels is the plural of treadwheel.

Words near treadwheels in the dictionary

  1. Treadways
  2. treadwear
  3. Treadwell
  4. Treadwells
  5. treadwheel
  6. treadwheels
  7. treague
  8. treagues
  9. Trealaw
  10. Treanor
  11. Treanors

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