hog fuel

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Definition of hog fuel in English English dictionary

an unprocessed mix of coarse chips of bark and wood fiber. Pieces run between a coarse grade of less than 5" to a fine grade of less than 2"

Turkish pronunciation

häg fyul

Pronunciation

/ˈhäg ˈfyo͞ol/ /ˈhɑːɡ ˈfjuːl/

Etymology

() Possibly from a nickname of the grinding machine used to create it, a "hog." The word for chopped (hacked) in Norwegian is hogge (hogde past tense). chopped wood has been hogde. Hogde fuel likely morphed into hog fuel.