English Explanatory Dictionary

woodchip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small mechanically produced piece (chip) of wood, generally from 0.5 to 10 cm in diameter, used primarily as raw material for pulp, paper and construction boards, as well as fuel and mulch.
  2. A small fibre of wood; especially such material as used to make ingrain wallpaper, aka woodchip wallpaper.

Word forms

woodchip woodchips wood-chip wood chip

Etymology

From wood + chip.

Derived words

woodchipper woodchipping

Translations

Dutch: spaan Dutch: spaander Faroese: træflís Finnish: lastu Finnish: hake German: Holzschnitzel German: Holzhackschnitzel German: Holzspan Hungarian: fűrészpor Māori: kūkā Polish: zrębek Serbo-Croatian: и̏ве̄р Serbo-Croatian: ȉvēr Spanish: fragmento de madera Spanish: trozo de madera Swedish: träflisa
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