clear-cut
Pronunciation: (klēr'kut' for 1, 2 klēr'kut&sec for 3–5), [key]
— adj., n., v., -cut, -cut•ting.
—adj.
- formed with or having clearly defined outlines: a face with clear-cut features.
- unambiguously clear; completely evident; definite: His sale of secrets was a clear-cut example of treachery.
- of or pertaining to a section of forest where all trees have been cut down for harvesting.
—n.
- a section of forest where all trees have been cut down for harvesting.
—v.t.
- to fell all the trees in (a section of forest) for harvesting.
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