treadwheel

What does treadwheel mean?

treadwheel means "a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps".

How many syllables are in treadwheel?

treadwheel has 2 syllables: tread-wheel. The stress falls on "tread". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɛˌdwil/.

What is another word for treadwheel?

Close synonyms include treadmill, tread-wheel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is treadwheel a common word?

treadwheel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for treadwheel come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.