Meaning & use
Pinches
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Small quantities of a substance, such as salt or spice, that can be held between the tips of the finger and thumb.
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The recipe calls for two pinches of salt and a pinch of nutmeg.
She added several pinches of cinnamon to the batter before mixing.
A note on using this word
As a verb, 'pinches' is the third-person singular form of 'pinch,' meaning to squeeze skin or flesh tightly between finger and thumb.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Squeezes a piece of skin or flesh sharply between the finger and thumb.
The crab pinches anything that comes too close to its claws.
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