clear cut

claro, inequívoco

Fácil de entender o decidir, sin dudas sobre lo que es cierto o correcto.

En inglés sencillo: Easy to understand or decide, with no doubt about what is true or right.

• There is no clear-cut answer.
• The evidence made this a clear-cut case.
• The difference between the two groups was clear-cut.

Sinónimos: clear, unambiguous, straightforward

Antónimos: unclear, ambiguous

Expresiones frecuentes: clear cut answer, clear cut distinction, clear cut case

talado por completo

Dicho de un terreno: al que se le han cortado todos los árboles.

En inglés sencillo: Having had all the trees in an area cut down.

• The clear-cut hillside had no shade.
• Rain washed soil from the clear-cut land.
• They planted new trees in the clear-cut forest.

Sinónimos: deforested

Expresiones frecuentes: clear cut forest, clear cut land, clear cut hillside

talar por completo

Cortar todos los árboles o plantas de una zona.

En inglés sencillo: To cut down all the trees or plants in an area.

• They clear-cut the hillside last year.
• The company has clear-cut hundreds of acres.
• Will they clear-cut the whole forest?

Cómo se usa: clear cut something (The company plans to clear-cut this forest.)

Sinónimos: clear, deforest

Expresiones frecuentes: clear cut something, clear cut forests, clear cut land