chippers
/ˈtʃɪpərz/
noun
- Small pieces or fragments, especially of wood, stone, or food.
- I found chippers of broken glass near the window.
- The carpenter swept up the wood chippers from the floor.
- The kids left potato chip chippers all over the couch.
- A machine that cuts wood or other material into small pieces.
- The garden chippers turned the leaves into mulch.
- He fed the branches into the chippers one by one.
- We rented a wood chipper to clear the fallen branches.
- A person or thing that chips or breaks off small pieces.
- The old chippers at the factory worked with heavy hammers.
- She used a small hammer as a chipper to break the ice.
- The stone carver was a skilled chipper of marble.