Clearing
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of removing solid particles from a liquid
(2) The act of freeing from suspicion
(3) A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act or process of making or becoming clear.
- An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
- An open space in the fog etc.
- A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
- A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
- The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
- The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.