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clear-cut    Audio Help   [kleer-kuht for 1, 2; kleer-kuht for 3–5] Pronunciation Key adjective, noun, verb, -cut, -cut·ting.
–adjective
1.formed with or having clearly defined outlines: a face with clear-cut features.
2.unambiguously clear; completely evident; definite: His sale of secrets was a clear-cut example of treachery.
3.of or pertaining to a section of forest where all trees have been cut down for harvesting.
–noun
4.a section of forest where all trees have been cut down for harvesting.
–verb (used with object)
5.to fell all the trees in (a section of forest) for harvesting.
Also, clear cut, clearcut (for defs. 3–5).

[Origin: 1850–55]

—Related forms
clear-cutness, noun

—Synonyms 1. chiseled, crisp, precise, positive, definite.
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