clean
adjective (NOT ROUGH) /kliːn/Definition
› having no rough edges, and smooth, straight, or equally balanced: I've broken my leg, but the doctor says that it's a clean break, so it should heal easily. A good clean hit from Pietersen sent the ball straight out to the boundary. What he liked about the car was its clean lines. I tried to make a clean cut, but the knife wasn't sharp enough.Straight, even and level
(Definition of clean adjective (NOT ROUGH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be (as) flat as a pancake idiom
- clean-cut adjective (SHAPE)
- cleanly adverb (NOT ROUGHLY)
- consistency noun (SUBSTANCE)
- even adjective (FLAT)
- flat adjective (LEVEL)
- flat adverb (LEVEL)
- flat adverb (NOT HIGH)
- flat noun (LEVEL GROUND)
- flatness noun (LEVEL QUALITY)
- glassy adjective (SURFACE)
- level adjective (AT SAME HEIGHT)
- level adjective (FLAT)
- level verb (DESTROY)
- level verb (MAKE FLAT)
- sleek adjective
- smooth adjective (REGULAR)
- steady adjective (FIRM)
- true adjective (ACCURATE)
- true adverb
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Straight, even and level
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