clearing
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
clearing1
▶noun an open space in a forest.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
clearing2
▶noun Brit. a system used by universities to fill the remaining available undergraduate places before the start of the academic year.
'clearing' also found in these Oxford entries:
bulldozer
- burn
- bushwhack
- clear
- clearance
- clearer
- clearing bank
- clearing house
- drench
- glade
- hem
- pooper scooper
- purgation
- snake
- snowplough
- swidden
