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Clearance: Definition and part of speech

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Clearance

  1. n. The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages.
  2. n. The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.
  3. n. A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail.
  4. n. Clear or net profit.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Clerestory: Definition and part of speech

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Clerestory

  1. n. The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Clear-cut: Definition and part of speech

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Clear-cut

  1. a. Concisely and distinctly expressed.
  2. a. Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Clearer: Definition and part of speech

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Clearer

  1. n. A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.
  2. n. One who, or that which, clears.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.