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Definition of pinch out:

(v) : To remove the shoots of a plant:
(v) : the leading shoot in order to encourage a bushy habit
(v) : a plant's side shoots
(n) : (mining, geology) A volume of rock or oil trapped or isolated between strata that have pinched it out.
(v) : (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.

Definition of pinch out:

(v) : To remove the shoots of a plant:
(v) : the leading shoot in order to encourage a bushy habit
(v) : a plant's side shoots
(n) : (mining, geology) A volume of rock or oil trapped or isolated between strata that have pinched it out.
(v) : (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.

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