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clear-cut

1 of 3

adjective

1
: sharply outlined : distinct
2
: free from ambiguity or uncertainty : unambiguous
a clear-cut decision

clear-cut

2 of 3

noun

: an area of forest in which all the trees have been cut down
But the logging has been concentrated in the high-volume old-growth forest, and clear-cuts are spread over almost every one of the region's watersheds. Catherine Caufield
also : clear-cutting

clear-cut

3 of 3

verb

clear-cut; clear-cutting

transitive verb

: to cut down all the trees in (an area of forest)
He says there has been a massive deforestation as the Chinese have clear-cut millions of acres of Tibetan Forests to sell lumber on the export market … Daniel Goleman
… native rain forest experts who harvest plants for traditional healers, make from two to 10 times per hectare the income of a farmer who clear-cuts the forest for planting crops. Cathy Sears and Robert Neuwirth

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

circa 1958, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1914, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of clear-cut was in 1849

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