pockmark

[ pok-mahrk ]

/ ˈpɒkˌmɑrk /

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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.

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Origin of pockmark

First recorded in 1665–75; pock + mark¹

OTHER WORDS FROM pockmark

pockmarked, adjective

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How to use pockmark in a sentence

Toomey lives here with her husband, Mark, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, and their two daughters.
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At some point, show creator Mark Burnett made the diabolical decision to extend the show to 120 minutes.
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They selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC Housing Authority cop named James Carragher.
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Even those Christians who do want to minister amid the rancor of race and policing are missing the mark.
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But for the real Mark Schultz, whom Tatum plays in the film Foxcatcher, it has become a sore point.
Wrestler Mark Schultz Hates the ‘Sickening and Insulting Lies’ of ‘Foxcatcher’|Rich Goldstein|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We are so many around here that you'll have to get paper and pencil and mark us down to keep track of how many.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
"He's been counting the days till you got home, Mark," said Tim, holding a burning match over my pipe.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Track of the count may be kept by placing a mark for each leukocyte in its appropriate column, ruled upon paper.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Last night again there was all sorts of firing and fighting going on, throughout those hours peaceful citizens ear-mark for sleep.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Personally, the English do not attract nor shine; but collectively they are a race to make their mark on the destinies of mankind.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley

British Dictionary definitions for pockmark

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

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Medical definitions for pockmark

pockmark

[ pŏk′märk′ ]

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

Other words from pockmark

pock′marked′ adj.

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