wood chips
Wood in fragments, having been passed through a chipper which may or may not include admixtures of bark, leaves and shoots. Chipping is a way of helping to dispose of small-diameter arisings that would otherwise occupy a much larger volume. The chips are sometimes used as a mulch.
This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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