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woodchipping

woodchipping noun: the mechanized conversion of wood (especially trunks and branches of felled trees) to woodchips.

Noun

woodchipping (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

Forms of woodchipping

pluralwoodchippings

Origin of woodchipping

From wood + chipping.

Questions about woodchipping

What does woodchipping mean?
Woodchipping means the mechanized conversion of wood (especially trunks and branches of felled trees) to woodchips.
What part of speech is woodchipping?
Woodchipping is a noun.
What is the plural of woodchipping?
The plural of woodchipping is woodchippings.

Words near woodchipping in the dictionary

  1. woodchip wallpaper
  2. woodchip wallpapers
  3. woodchipped
  4. woodchipper
  5. woodchippers
  6. woodchipping
  7. woodchippings
  8. woodchips
  9. woodchop
  10. woodchopped
  11. woodchopper

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