clear-cut

/'kliə'kʌt/
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clear-cut

The logging company will clear-cut the entire hillside next month.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible: Describes something that is very easy to see, hear, or understand because it is sharply defined or unambiguous.
    • Having had all the trees removed at one time: Describes a forest area where every tree has been cut down in a single operation.
    • Clearly or sharply defined to the mind: Describes ideas, evidence, or distinctions that are unambiguous and easy to comprehend.

  2. Verb:

    • To remove all the trees from an area at one time: The action of cutting down every tree in a specific forested area.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective (Easily perceptible):
    • The instructions were clear-cut and easy to follow.
    • We found clear-cut footprints leading to the cabin.
  • Adjective (Sharply defined to the mind):
    • There is no clear-cut answer to this ethical dilemma.
    • The report presented clear-cut evidence of the policy's success.
  • Adjective (Of land):
    • The clear-cut hillside was now prone to erosion.
  • Verb:
    • The company plans to clear-cut 200 acres of forest.
Advanced Usage
  • "A clear-cut case": A situation where the facts or outcome are obvious and undeniable.
    • The video footage made it a clear-cut case of theft.
  • "Clear-cut decision": A decision that is straightforward and leaves no room for doubt.
    • After reviewing the data, the board reached a clear-cut decision.
Variants and Related Words
  • Clear-cutting (n): The activity or result of cutting down all trees in an area.
    • Environmentalists protest against clear-cutting in ancient forests.
  • Unambiguous (adj): A close synonym, meaning not open to more than one interpretation.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Definite, distinct, unambiguous, obvious, straightforward, explicit.
  • Verb: Deforest, log.
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Ambiguous, unclear, vague, indistinct, hazy.
Related Phrases
  • "Black and white": An idiom describing a situation with clear, simple distinctions between opposites, similar to "clear-cut" for ideas.
    • The issue is more complicated than a black and white choice.
clear-cut

The logging company will clear-cut the entire hillside next month.

Adjective
  1. clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
    • as clear as a whistle
    • clear footprints in the snow
    • the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather
    • a spire clean-cut against the sky
    • a clear-cut pattern
  2. having had all the trees removed at one time
    • clear-cut hillsides are subject to erosion
  3. clearly or sharply defined to the mind
    • clear-cut evidence of tampering
    • Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest
    • trenchant distinctions between right and wrong
Verb
  1. remove all the trees at one time
    • clear-cut an acre of forest

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