woodchip
woodchip Lexical Profile
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• noun
A small piece of wood cut or chipped from a larger piece of timber, typically used in plural for garden mulch, playground surfacing, biomass fuel, or paper pulp.
"The landscaper spread a thick layer of woodchips around the base of the newly planted trees to retain moisture."
British A type of heavy, textured wallpaper having small chips of wood embedded between layers of paper, designed to be painted over and conceal uneven wall surfaces.
"It took the decorators two days to steam the old woodchip off the hallway walls."
• verb
To cut or grind timber, branches, or logging waste into small chips using a mechanical chipper, or to clear a wooded area for this purpose.
"The arborists woodchipped the fallen branches on-site so the debris could be reused as garden mulch."