English Explanatory Dictionary

pinch out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To remove the shoots of a plant:
  2. the leading shoot in order to encourage a bushy habit
  3. a plant's side shoots
  4. 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.
noun
  1. A volume of rock or oil trapped or isolated between strata that have pinched it out.

Word forms

pinch out pinches out pinching out pinched out pinch outs

Translations

Greek: κορφολογώ
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