Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

woodchipper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: wood-chip-per
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A machine for reducing wood to woodchips.

Example Sentences

"Last February, Elon Musk boasted of “feeding USAID into the woodchipper” as President Trump kicked off his second term with an unanticipated assault on the agency."

Etymology

From wood + chipper.

Inflected Forms

woodchippers (plural)

Questions

What does woodchipper mean?: A machine for reducing wood to woodchips.
Where does woodchipper come from?: From wood + chipper.

How to pronounce woodchipper

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