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clear-cut

Pronunciation: (klēr'kut' for 1, 2; klēr'kut" for 3–5), [key]
—adj., n., v., -cut, -cut•ting.

—adj.
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.

—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. Also,clear' cut",clear'cut" (for defs. 3–5).

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