clear-cut

[ kleer-kuht for 1, 2; kleer-kuht for 3-5 ]

/ ˈklɪərˈkʌt for 1, 2; ˈklɪərˌkʌt for 3-5 /

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adjective

formed with or having clearly defined outlines: a face with clear-cut features.

unambiguously clear; completely evident; definite: His sale of secrets was a clear-cut example of treachery.

of or relating to a section of forest where all trees have been cut down for harvesting.

noun

a section of forest where all trees have been cut down for harvesting.

verb (used with object), clear-cut, clear-cut·ting.

to fell all the trees in (a section of forest) for harvesting.

OTHER WORDS FOR clear-cut

1 chiseled, crisp, precise, positive, definite.

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Also clear cut, clear·cut (for defs. 3-5) .

Origin of clear-cut

First recorded in 1850–55

OTHER WORDS FROM clear-cut

clear-cutness, noun

Words nearby clear-cut

clear away, clear channel, Clearchus, clear-coating, clearcole, clear-cut, clear-eye, clear-eyed, clear-fell, Clearfield, clearheaded

How to use clear-cut in a sentence

The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.
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But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.
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The use of slurs from both characters makes it clear just how “new” the idea of an openly gay son is even in this time.
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In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
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Instead, straighten your civic backbone and push back in clear conscience.
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If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
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It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
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However this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.
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Knowing by experience that he would soon be up to it, he used his pole with all his might, hoping to steer clear of it.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
I am pleading for a clear white light of education that shall go like the sun round the whole world.
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British Dictionary definitions for clear-cut

clear-cut

adjective (clear cut when postpositive)

definite; not vaguea clear-cut proposal

clearly outlined

verb

(tr) another term for clear-fell

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