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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. pinch out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pinch-out: Wordnik
  3. pinch out: Wiktionary
  4. pinch out: Dictionary.com
  5. Pinch-out: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pinch out)

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

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