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Clear-cut   /klɪr-kət/   Listen
verb
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.


adjective
Clear-cut  adj.  
1.
Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo. "She has... a cold and clear-cut face."
2.
Concisely and distinctly expressed.
3.
Distinct and unambiguous; unquestionable; as, a clear-cut advantage.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Clear-cut" Quotes from Famous Books



... were clear-cut, distinct and wide apart. Soon they began to show evidences of weariness; the stride shortened; the imprints dragged. Here a great crushing in a snow drift ...
— The Day of the Beast • Zane Grey
... with clear-cut visage and flashing eye, his face written all over with battle lines, his voice running the entire gamut from rage to mirth, and you have a mental picture of Chief Runs-the-Enemy, a tall, wiry Teton Sioux whose more than sixty-four years of life have crossed many a ...
— The Vanishing Race • Dr. Joseph Kossuth Dixon
... arose when the certificate was blotted and, thrusting her hands deep in the pockets of her loose, square-cut coat, made a turn or two the length of the office, walking with the long strides of a man. Unexpectedly her pallid, clear-cut features crumpled, the strained muscles relaxed, and she dropped into a chair, her elbows on her knees, her feet wide apart, her face buried in her hands. She was unfeminine even ...
— The Lady Doc • Caroline Lockhart
... first cousin) of his predecessor, King Jo[a]o II. The theme of the play, the contention of Angel and Devil for the possession of a human soul, was far from new. Its treatment, however, was original and the versification is clear-cut and well sustained throughout, while a deep sincerity and glowing fervour raise the whole play to the loftiest heights. The metre is mostly in verses of seven short (8848484) lines (abcaabc) with an occasional slight variation. There is a French version of the play, presumably in verse (see ...
— Four Plays of Gil Vicente • Gil Vicente
... two, and there was just sufficient resemblance in the clear-cut features to recall the relationship. De Catinat was sprung from a noble Huguenot family, but having lost his parents early he had joined the army, and had worked his way without influence and against all odds to his present position. His father's younger ...
— The Refugees • Arthur Conan Doyle


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