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woodchip

noun

Etymology

From wood + chip.

  1. inherited from *ċippian✻ — “to cut; hew”
  2. inherited from chippen
  3. derived from *ǵeyb-✻ — “to split; divide; germinate; sprout”
  4. inherited from *kippōną✻ — “to chip, chop”
  5. inherited from *kippōn✻ — “to cut; carve; hack; chop”
  6. derived from *ċippian✻
  7. inherited from ċipp — “chip; small piece of wood, shaving”
  8. inherited from chip
  9. compounded as woodchip — “wood + chip”

Definitions

  1. A small mechanically produced piece (chip) of wood, generally from 0.5 to 10 cm in…

    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

    A small fibre of wood; especially such material as used to make ingrain wallpaper, aka woodchip wallpaper.

    • Oh, Deborah, do you recall? / Your house was very small / With woodchip on the wall

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