chippings

Scattered gravel bits

Chippings are small fragments of stone, wood, or other material broken off from a larger piece.

The word appears most often in British English for loose gravel used to surface roads or paths: Loose chippings ahead, The driveway was covered in stone chippings.

Wood chippings serve as mulch or ground cover in gardens.

stone

granite

Igneous rock, quartz-rich

quarry · masonry · aggregate · gravel · pebbles · crushed stone · ballast · rubble · decorative · pathway

roadwork

gravel

Loose small rock fragments

bitumen · resurfacing · pavement · kerbstone · hardcore · road signs · skidding · tyres · windscreen · spray

garden

mulch

Protective plant bedding

borders · landscaping · drainage · groundcover · beds · topsoil · gravel · slate · permeable · edging

fragments

shards

Broken fragments of brittle material

shavings · particles · pieces · bits · debris · scraps · granules · smithereens · breakage · offcuts

wood

sawdust

Powdery timber waste

kindling · woodworking · planer · chisel · whittling · carpentry · firewood · mulch · composting · joinery

Categories
Opposites
surface texture/form

chippingscobblestones

Rounded paving stones

river stones · river rocks

material state/wholeness

chippingssolid block

Continuous three-dimensional mass

boulder · monolith · bedrock · ashlar

surface covering type

chippingspaving

Laying hard ground cover

asphalt · concrete · flagstones · tarmac

Phrases
Family

chipping

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G