Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pinch out

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
pinch out
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove the shoots of a plant:

verb

To remove the shoots of a plant:

verb

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

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

Inflected Forms

pinches out (present, singular) pinching out (participle, present) pinched out (participle, past) pinched out (past) pinch outs (plural)

Questions

What does pinch out mean?
To remove the shoots of a plant:

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