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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
tread-wheel is a noun meaning "a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps". It carries one recorded sense.
a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tread-wheel come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.