clearcut
/ˈklɪrˌkʌt/
noun
- An area of forest where all trees have been cut down.
- Hikers walked through a large clearcut in the national forest.
- Wildlife struggled to return to the clearcut after the logging.
- The company replanted trees on the clearcut.
verb
- To cut down all the trees in an area of forest.
- They decided not to clearcut the old-growth forest.
- It is controversial to clearcut large areas of public land.
- The logging company plans to clearcut the entire valley.
adjective
- Very obvious, definite, and easy to understand or recognize.
- The instructions were clearcut and easy to follow.
- The evidence provided a clearcut answer to the question.
- There is a clearcut difference between the two proposals.
- Describing an area of forest where all trees have been cut down.
- The clearcut hillside was visible from miles away.
- After the clearcut operation, the land was left barren.
- Environmentalists protested the clearcut logging practices.
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