1. easy to see or understand; obvious and definite

1. to cut down all the trees in an area of forest
Usage: forestry

1. an area of forest where all the trees have been cut down
Usage: forestry

Examples

• The evidence for climate change is clearcut and overwhelming.
• The company's decision to clearcut the forest was controversial.
• Environmental groups protested the new clearcut in the national forest.
• It's a clearcut case of fraud—the documents prove it.
• The distinction between the two policies is clearcut.
• Loggers clearcut hundreds of acres last year.