woodchopper

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person whose work is cutting trees or chopping wood

   The woodchopper felled the dead pine and split its trunk for firewood.

2. 2
   noun

   a competitor in the sport of chopping or sawing logs

   The experienced woodchopper completed the standing-block event in under a minute.

A transparent compound of wood and chopper, the agent noun of chop. The occupational sense refers to cutting trees or firewood; the sporting sense developed from competitive displays of the same practical skills.

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