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- DictionaryClear-cut/ˌklirˈkət/
adjective
- 1. sharply defined; easy to perceive or understand: "we now had a clear-cut objective"
- 2. (of an area) from which every tree has been cut down and removed: "clear-cut forests are unappealing for recreation"
verb
- 1. cut down and remove every tree from (an area): "colonizers who clear-cut large jungle tracts"
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Clear-cutting is the practice of cutting down most or all of the trees in a forest at the same time, usually for timber or land use. Learn about the environmental consequences of clear-cutting, such as carbon emissions, habitat loss, soil erosion, and water pollution, as well as the arguments for and against this practice.
Learn the different meanings and uses of the word clear-cut as an adjective, noun, and verb. Find synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for clear-cut.
Clear-cutting is the logging practice that totally strips a targeted area of forest. Learn the word history, first known use, and examples of clear-cutting from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
formed with or having clearly defined outlines: a face with clear-cut features. Synonyms: definite, positive, precise, crisp, chiseled. unambiguously clear; completely evident; definite: His sale of secrets was a clear-cut example of treachery.
Clearcutting, clearfelling or clearcut logging is a forestry / logging practice in which most or all trees in an area are uniformly cut down.
adjective. us / ˈklɪərˈkʌt / Add to word list. not having any characteristics that would cause doubt or uncertainty: It was a clear-cut case of fraud. (Definition of clear-cut from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Clear-cut means clear or obvious without needing any proof. It can also refer to a logging method that removes all trees from a forest. See how to use clear-cut in sentences and compare it with irony.
