clear-cut. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

clear-cut

PRONUNCIATION:	klîrkt
ADJECTIVE:	1. Distinctly and sharply defined or outlined. 2. Not ambiguous; clear and obvious. See synonyms at apparent. 3. Having been logged by clear-cutting.
VERB:	Inflected forms: clear-·cut, clear-·cut·ting, clear-·cuts
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To remove all of the trees in (a tract of timber) at one time.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To log an area by removing all of the trees at one time.
NOUN:	A tract of timberland that has been clear-cut.


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