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woodchip

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From wood + chip.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: spaan — chip of wood
  • Dutch: spaander — chip of wood
  • Faroese: træflís — chip of wood
  • Finnish: lastu — chip of wood
  • Finnish: hake — chip of wood
  • French: copeau de bois — chip of wood
  • German: Holzschnitzel — chip of wood
  • German: Holzhackschnitzel — chip of wood
  • German: Holzspan — chip of wood
  • Hungarian: fűrészpor — chip of wood
  • Māori: kūkā — chip of wood
  • Polish: zrębek — chip of wood
  • Serbo-Croatian: и̏ве̄р — chip of wood
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȉvēr — chip of wood
  • Spanish: fragmento de madera — chip of wood
  • Spanish: trozo de madera — chip of wood
  • Swedish: träflisa — chip of wood
  • Turkish: yonga — chip of wood
  • Finnish: puukuitu — fibre of wood
  • German: Holzfaser — fibre of wood
  • Hungarian: farost — fibre of wood
  • Polish: zrębek — fibre of wood
  • Portuguese: farpa — fibre of wood