woodchip

[wood-chip]

noun

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of woodchip¹

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

Example Sentences

She also revealed that they have to pay an extra £1m for extra expenses if there is wet weather, including tonnes of woodchip on the ground to stop people from slipping in the mud.

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The former bricklayer is the proud resident of a house he helped build from woodchip boxes.

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The low-carbon homes are made from woodchip building blocks, which can be slotted together on site.

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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.

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One experiment, conducted as part of the Soil Association's Innovative Farmers programme, used willow woodchip mulch around trees in order to suppress weeds and disease.

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