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woodchip

[ wood-chip ]
/ ˈwʊdˌtʃɪp /
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noun
a small chip of wood, especially one that flakes off when felling a tree or splitting a log.
woodchips, chips of wood, especially fir or other pine, used as a winter mulch on plants and shrubs.
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Origin of woodchip

First recorded in 1955–60; wood1 + chip1

Words nearby woodchip

Woodburn, Woodbury, woodcarver, woodcarving, woodchat, woodchip, woodchipper, woodchop, woodchopper, woodchuck, wood coal
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