pockmark

[ pok-mahrk ]
/ ˈpɒkˌmɑrk /

noun

Usually pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
a small pit or scar: a tabletop full of pockmarks.

verb (used with object)

to mark or scar with or as with pockmarks: gopher holes pockmarking the field.

Origin of pockmark

First recorded in 1665–75; pock + mark1

OTHER WORDS FROM pockmark

pock·marked, adjective

Words nearby pockmark

pocketed calculus, pocketful, pocketing, pocketknife, pockies, pockmark, pockmarked, pocky, poco, poco a poco, pococurante

Example sentences from the Web for pock-mark

  • "Never mind how we got in," said Leah, every pock-mark glistening with smiles and tears.

    Ghetto Tragedies |Israel Zangwill

British Dictionary definitions for pock-mark

pockmark
/ (ˈpɒkˌmɑːk) /

noun

Also called: pock a pitted scar left on the skin after the healing of a smallpox or similar pustule
any pitting of a surface that resembles or suggests such scars

verb

(tr) to scar or pit (a surface) with pockmarks

Medical definitions for pock-mark

pockmark
[ pŏk′märk′ ]

n.

A pitlike scar that is left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease.

Other words from pockmark

pock′marked′ adj.