definitions

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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Nearby words

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

Origin of pockmark

First recorded in 1665–75; pock + mark1
Related formspock·marked, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples 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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for pock-mark

pock-mark

n.

also pockmark, 1670s, from pock (n.) + mark (n.). As a verb from 1756. Related: Pockmarked; pock-marked.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for pock-mark

pockmark

[ pŏk′märk′ ]

n.

A pitlike scar that is left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease.
Related formspock′marked′ adj.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.