woodchip

American  

[wood-chip] / ˈwʊdˌtʃɪp /

noun

1. a small chip of wood, especially one that flakes off when felling a tree or splitting a log.

2. woodchips, chips of wood, especially fir or other pine, used as a winter mulch on plants and shrubs.

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Etymology

Origin of woodchip

First recorded in 1955–60; wood ¹ + chip ¹

Example Sentences

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woodchip

I can see myself standing in the empty box room where her cot had been - the sun streaming in through the window on to the white woodchip wallpaper.

From BBC ● May 27, 2022

So, when farmers install woodchip biofilters up here, it should lessen the problem down there.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2018

“We have to shift the woodchip piles around so they don’t get overheated and self combust,” says Dave MacDonnell, power generation manager of the plant.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2018

The size of the rooms required 27 drops of woodchip, and I double checked this calculation so as to be sure of the amount required.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2014

Sure, it looks cute, the baby and the hairy beast going down the slide together, rolling in the woodchip, but everyone knows how dangerous gorillas are, don’t they?

From Newsweek ● Sep. 24, 2012