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

Other investments include £19m lost in a deal with a company that supplies eco-friendly generators to leisure centres and £14m written off after the collapse of a woodchip boiler business.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2022

Staff at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, in Wraxall, North Somerset, extended the nursery area for the cubs, draining the pond and laying woodchip mulch to make it safer for the rare cubs.

From BBC • May 10, 2022

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

From Washington Times • Aug. 29, 2018

She stared at the floor in her small bungalow in the village of Hatch, where mold creeped up the woodchip walls and seams on the ceiling drooped from their fixings.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2016

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