clearance

Words with a similar base: clearance

'clearance'

[clearance.n.01] as in: the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them

'clearance'

[headroom.n.01] as in: vertical space available to allow easy passage under something

'clearance'

[clearance.n.03] as in: permission to proceed

Examples:
the plane was given clearance to land

Origins

					clearance (English)
├── -ance (English)
└── clear (English)
    └── clere (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── cler (Anglo-Norman)
            └── cler (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
                └── clarus (Latin)

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