clearcut
Plain as day
Clearcut describes something sharply defined with no ambiguity or blurred edges.
A clearcut distinction or clearcut case leaves no room for doubt or interpretation.
The word also refers to a logging practice where every tree in an area is felled, leaving bare ground rather than selectively harvested forest.
Both uses share the sense of complete removal of anything that might obscure or complicate—whether conceptual fuzziness or standing timber.
The evidence made it a clearcut victory for the prosecution.
Wood for construction
- fellingDowning standing timber
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- lumberjackProfessional tree cutter
- clearingTreeless space in forest
harvest · stumps · silviculture · skidder · bulldozer · replanting · forestry · pulpwood
Allowing single interpretation only
- unequivocalAllowing one meaning only
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- unmistakableImpossible to misidentify
- indisputableImpossible to contest
straightforward · black-and-white · binary · decisive · categorical · evident · apparent · manifest
Gradual wearing away
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- carbonSixth element, atomic symbol C
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- landslideMass of earth falling
desertification · extinction · environmentalism · conservation · sustainability · watershed · ecosystem · wildlife
timber
Wood for construction
- fellingDowning standing timber
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- lumberjackProfessional tree cutter
clearing · harvest · stumps · silviculture · skidder · bulldozer · replanting · forestry · pulpwood · acreage
unambiguous
Allowing single interpretation only
- unequivocalAllowing one meaning only
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- unmistakableImpossible to misidentify
indisputable · straightforward · black-and-white · binary · decisive · categorical · evident · apparent · manifest · distinct
erosion
Gradual wearing away
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- carbonSixth element, atomic symbol C
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
landslide · desertification · extinction · environmentalism · conservation · sustainability · watershed · ecosystem · wildlife · monoculture
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- lumber industrysawmill, logs, timber harvesting, logging, lumber yards
- overexploitationoverfishing, overfish, overhunting, overharvest, overgrazing
- logging sitessawmill, lumber camp, landing
- lumberlumber, timber, oak, pine, cedar
- woodlandsforest, woodland, woods, mixed forest, timberland
clearcutambiguous
Having multiple interpretations
uncertain · inconclusive · debatable · questionable · equivocal
clearcutcomplicated
Difficult to understand
complex · convoluted · nuanced · intricate · tangled