clear-cut

clear-cut
    adj 1: 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" [syn:
           {clear-cut}, {distinct}, {trenchant}]
    2: having had all the trees removed at one time; "clear-cut
       hillsides are subject to erosion"
    3: 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" [syn:
       {clear}, {clean-cut}, {clear-cut}]
    v 1: remove all the trees at one time; "clear-cut an acre of
         forest"
    

Clear-cut \Clear"-cut`\, v. t.
   To cut (a region of forest) clear of all trees. It is a
   method used for efficiently logging a portion of forest, but
   often has undesirable effects on the environment.
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Clear-cut \Clear"-cut`\, a.
   1. Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo.
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            She has . . . a cold and clear-cut face. --Tennyson.
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   2. Concisely and distinctly expressed.
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   3. Distinct and unambiguous; unquestionable; as, a clear-cut
      advantage.
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68 Moby Thesaurus words for "clear-cut":
      assured, biting, categorical, chiseled, clean-cut, clear,
      clear as crystal, clear as day, coherent, connected, consistent,
      conspicuous, crisp, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, cutting,
      defined, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, evident, exact,
      explicit, express, glaring, in focus, indubitable, ingoing, limpid,
      loud and clear, lucent, lucid, luminous, manifest, nice, obvious,
      past dispute, patent, pellucid, penetrating, perspicuous, plain,
      positive, precise, prominent, pronounced, simple, specific,
      staring, straightforward, translucent, transparent, transpicuous,
      trenchant, unambiguous, unconfused, undisputed, undoubted,
      unequivocal, univocal, unmistakable, unquestioned, well-defined,
      well-marked, well-pronounced, well-resolved