🪓 A woodcutting sport 🪓 To cut wood

to woodchopping

3.2

To cut wood into smaller pieces using an axe or saw

verb

: cortar madera

He spent the afternoon woodchopping to prepare enough firewood for winter.

Examples

After hours of woodchopping, they finally had a large pile of logs ready for the fireplace.
Many people find woodchopping to be a good form of exercise and stress relief.
They woodchop every autumn to prepare for winter.
Can you woodchop faster than last year?
He spent the afternoon woodchopping to prepare enough firewood for winter.
After hours of woodchopping, they finally had a large pile of logs ready for the fireplace.
Many people find woodchopping to be a good form of exercise and stress relief.

Synonyms

to chop up

vsto woodchopping

66 1.9

To cut something into smaller pieces by sharp blows again and again with a knife or axe

applies specifically to cutting timber for fuel or general use

split

vsto woodchopping

9 4.2

Cut lengthwise along the grain, as in wood

includes lengthwise dividing but also other cuts for fuel or timber

to saw wood

vsto woodchopping

2 2.6

Cut wood with a saw

covers cutting by many tools, using toothed or sharp instruments for fuel

to chop the wood

vsto woodchopping

1 1.8

To cut wood into pieces for firewood

is the general term covering cutting for fuel or timber

How Vigorous

fell

1 7.0

to chop

324 1.0

to woodchopping

3.2

split

9 4.2

to whittle

35 6.2

Surface Forms

woodchop infinitive

woodchopped past

woodchopped past participle

woodchopping present participle

woodchops third person singular

Morphology

woodchopping = woodchop (transparent) = wood + chop + ing

The progressive/gerund form is built from the verb 'woodchop' + '-ing', and the action meaning is transparent.

Etymology

The word woodchopping is made of wood, which means 'trees or logs', and chop, which means 'to cut with a strong hit'. So to woodchop or to be woodchopping is to cut or split wood into pieces, usually for fuel or building.