wood-chips

Garden bed covering

Wood-chips are small pieces of wood produced by cutting or chipping larger pieces—branches, logs, or lumber scraps.

They serve as mulch in gardens, fuel for biomass boilers, material for paper pulp, or bedding for animals.

Also spelled as one word: woodchips.

smoking

hickory

Dense North American hardwood

pecan · oak · alder · barbecue · smoker · flavor · aroma · infusion · brisket · ribs

carpentry

sawdust

Powdery timber waste

joinery · milling · lathe · router · particleboard · fiberboard · waste · cleanup · extraction · workshop

source

hardwood

Dense deciduous timber

  • softwoodConiferous tree lumber
  • pineCone-bearing evergreen
  • oakQuercus genus member

maple · cedar · birch · eucalyptus · recycled · pallets · sawmill · shredding · forestry · arborist

fuel

biomass

Living material in aggregate

furnace · gasification · bioenergy · feedstock · thermal · heating · renewable · carbon-neutral · kiln · cogeneration

mulching

garden

Cultivated plant area

flowerbeds · pathways · topsoil · planting · decomposition · spreading · playground · bedding · decorative · coverage

composting

decomposition

Breakdown into simpler parts

aerobic · microorganisms · earthworms · humus · organic · biodegradable · pile · bin · turning · moisture

Opposites
particle size/form of wood processing byproducts

wood-chipssawdust

Powdery timber waste

wood shavings · lumber · timber · logs · planks

processed vs. whole wood material

wood-chipstree trunks

Main woody stems

solid wood · timber · lumber · standing timber · finished lumber

ground cover/mulch material type

wood-chipsgravel

Loose small rock fragments

stone · rubber mulch · pea gravel · river rock · concrete

Family

wood, chip, woods, woody, wooded, woodland, woodlands, woodwork, woodworking

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G