clear cut
Beyond all doubt
Clear-cut means sharply defined, leaving no room for doubt or ambiguity: a clear-cut distinction, a clear-cut victory.
In forestry, clear-cut describes the practice of harvesting all trees from an area rather than selective logging: The company clear-cut five hundred acres.
As a noun, a clear-cut is the resulting barren tract.
Also spelled clearcut.
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
- crystal clearEntirely unambiguous, perfectly understood
- distinctClearly distinguishable, separate
- plain as dayUnmistakably evident
- evidentClearly perceived or understood
black and white · log · unambiguous · no question · beyond doubt · deforestation · forest floor · explicit · scar · unmistakable · conclusive · definite · open-and-shut · no-brainer · habitat destruction · stump · categorical · trenchant
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- lumberjackinglumberjack, logger, chainsaw, axe, felling
- Easy Thingseasy, simple, easy peasy, easy-peasy, easy as pie
- barrensbadlands, wasteland, dust bowl, salt flat, salt flats
- hunting groundshunting ground, hunting preserve, hunting estate, game reserve, hunting lease
complexity/simplicity
clear cutcomplicated
Difficult to understand
complex · nuanced · convoluted · messy · thorny