Definitions for pockmarkˈpɒkˌmɑrk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pock•markˈpɒkˌmɑrk(n.)

  1. a scar or pit on the skin left by a pustule of smallpox, acne, etc.

    Category: Pathology

  2. a small pit or scar resembling this.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  3. (v.t.)to mark or scar with or as if with pockmarks.

Origin of pockmark:

1665–75

Princeton's WordNet

  1. pockmark(verb)

    a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease

  2. pockmark(verb)

    mark with or as if with pockmarks

    "Her face was pockmarked by the disease"

Wiktionary

  1. pockmark(Noun)

    A mark or scar in the skin caused by a pock.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pockmark(noun)

    a mark or pit made by smallpox


Translations for pockmark

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

pockmark(noun)

a scar or small dent in the skin caused by smallpox etc.

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