CLEARCUTTING

Etymology

Noun

clearcutting (countable and uncountable, plural clearcuttings)

A forestry practice in which most or all trees in a harvest area are cut down.

Source: Wiktionary


CLEARCUT

Clear"-cut`, a.

1. Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo. She has . . . a cold and clear-cut face. Tennyson.

2. Concisely and distinctly expressed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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