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

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

Two demonstrators said that they saw people struck with cylinder-shaped pellets of about two inches in length, made of what appeared to be compacted woodchip.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2014

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