pinch out

== English == === Verb === pinch out (third-person singular simple present pinches out, present participle pinching out, simple past and past participle pinched out) To remove the shoots of a plant: the leading shoot in order to encourage a bushy habit a plant's side shoots (mining, geology) 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. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === pinch out (plural pinch outs) (mining, geology) A volume of rock or oil trapped or isolated between strata that have pinched it out.