Sekirov Dictionary

pinch out

verb 4
noun 1
forms 5

verb4

To remove the shoots of a plant.
the leading shoot in order to encourage a bushy habit
a plant's side shoots
For a distinct body of rock between underlying and overlying strata, to thin out and come to an end, so that the strata above come to lie on the strata below.

noun1

A volume of rock or oil trapped or isolated between strata that have pinched it out.

forms

pinched out · pinching out · pinches out · pinch outs · pinch-outs

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