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 […]

Related terms

• woodchipper

Translations

conversion of wood to chips

• Italian: cippatura f