clear-cut in WordNet English dictionary

1. clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
   "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern"
   clear  clean-cut  clear-cut 
   
2. clearly or sharply defined to the mind
   "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"
   clear-cut  distinct  trenchant 
   
3. having had all the trees removed at one time
   "clear-cut hillsides are subject to erosion"
   clear-cut 
   

1. remove all the trees at one time
   "clear-cut an acre of forest"
   clear-cut