woodchipping

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noun

The mechanized conversion of wood (especially trunks and branches of felled trees) to woodchips.

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Meanings

nounwoodchipping (plural woodchippings)

plural woodchippings

  1. The mechanized conversion of wood (especially trunks and branches of felled trees) to woodchips.
  2. A woodchip.

    If you thought wood-chippings masquerading as seeds in strawberry jam were bad, take a look at "pink slime", the consolidated debris of butcher's waste now added to your beef burgers, or the gelatine added to your "fresh" meat […]

    2014, Malcolm Coxall, Guy Caswell, Ethical Eating: A Complete Guide to Sustainable Food

Origin

From wood + chipping.

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Translations

Italian cippatura
  • cippaturaconversion of wood to chips
Polish zrębkowanie
  • zrębkowanieconversion of wood to chips
Cite this entry
APA

woodchipping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodchipping

MLA

“woodchipping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodchipping. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woodchipping,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodchipping.

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