[kleer-kuht for 1, 2; kleer-kuht for 3–5] 
adjective, noun, verb, -cut, -cut⋅ting.| 1. | formed with or having clearly defined outlines: a face with clear-cut features. |
| 2. | unambiguously clear; completely evident; definite: His sale of secrets was a clear-cut example of treachery. |
| 3. | of or pertaining to a section of forest where all trees have been cut down for harvesting. |
| 4. | a section of forest where all trees have been cut down for harvesting. |
| 5. | to fell all the trees in (a section of forest) for harvesting. |
