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View synonyms for clear-cut

clear-cut

[ kleer-kuht kleer-kuht ]

adjective

  1. formed with or having clearly defined outlines:

    a face with clear-cut features.

    Synonyms: definite, positive, precise, crisp, chiseled

  2. unambiguously clear; completely evident; definite:

    His sale of secrets was a clear-cut example of treachery.

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


noun

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

verb (used with object)

, clear-cut, clear-cut·ting.
  1. to fell all the trees in (a section of forest) for harvesting.

clear-cut

adjective

  1. definite; not vague

    a clear-cut proposal

  2. clearly outlined
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr another term for clear-fell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • clear-cutness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clear-cut1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

This 2-0 was a clear-cut win, a sharp slice through a loaf, no ambiguity, no crumbs.

Today, in the name of progress, we have faceless interstate highways, clear-cut logging, and industrial farming.

But for those with complicated financial situations, or even complicated family dynamics, things are not so clear-cut.

The resistance to Nazism, however, was morally clear-cut in a way that few political questions are.

The polls say more people will blame the Republicans, but they aren't as clear-cut as they ought to be.

The cropped grass shone clear as emerald, and all the garden showed clear-cut and solid and stable in its propriety and order.

Honoria Pryse crossed the room in her quick, delicate way; her shrewd, clear-cut face was slightly flushed.

Many of the young dancers were remarkably pretty, all possessing the clear-cut features of their race.

She was a very beautiful woman of about thirty, with a small head and a clear-cut grave face.

Stephen was not a prig and she recognized the justice of his arguments, but he was rather hard and his views were too clear-cut.

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