woodchipping

English

Etymology

wood +‎ chipping

Noun

woodchipping (plural woodchippings)

  1. The mechanized conversion of wood (especially trunks and branches of felled trees) to woodchips.
  2. A woodchip.
    • 2014, Malcolm Coxall, Guy Caswell, Ethical Eating: A Complete Guide to Sustainable Food:
      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 […]

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