small pieces of polystyrene used for insulating or packing
To keep the plant warm through the winter, pack the roots in straw or polystyrenechips.
Examples of 'polystyrene chips' in a sentence
polystyrene chips
An optimistic title for a film that has less entertainment value than a box full of polystyrene chips.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Install great raised beds of heavy compost, and the building may fail; composts mixed with polystyrene chips keep the weight down.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A perforated cardboard box is good, with a light packing between the tubers of anything like sawdust, vermiculite, polystyrene chips or torn-up newspaper.