clear-cut meaning and definition

CLEAR-CUT verb

Definition of clear-cut (verb)

1. remove all the trees at one time
   • "clear-cut an acre of forest"

CLEAR-CUT adjective

Definition of clear-cut (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: clean-cut, clear