woodchip

Playground ground cover

Woodchip refers to small pieces of wood produced by cutting or chipping larger timber.

Woodchips serve as mulch in gardens, fuel for biomass energy, or raw material for paper production.

As an adjective, woodchip describes a textured wallpaper with embedded wood fragments: We stripped the old woodchip from the bedroom walls.

mulch

garden

Cultivated plant area

playground · soil · compost · decomposition · horticulture · permaculture · bedding · top-dressing · bark · shredded

woodworking

sawdust

Powdery timber waste

router · chisel · lathe · milling · lumber · sawmill · offcut · byproduct · waste · debris

fuel

biomass

Living material in aggregate

heating · renewable · energy · biofuel · gasification · feedstock · furnace · pyrolysis · sustainable · carbon-neutral

smoking

barbecue

Slow-cook over coals

mesquite · applewood · cherry · oak · alder · pecan · flavor · aroma · meat · ribs

texture

coarse

Rough in texture

jagged · uneven · shredded · chunky · flaky · knotty · gritty · grain · ridged · bumpy

Categories
Opposites
wood fragment size/form

woodchiptimber

Wood for construction

tree trunk · lumber · sawdust · plank · board

material processing state

woodchipstanding timber

Trees still rooted, marketable

wood pulp · paper · charcoal · ash

ground cover/mulch type

woodchipbare soil

Uncovered earth surface

concrete · asphalt · gravel · stone · paving

Family

woodchips, woodchipper

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G