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   Pock·mark

   /ˈpäkˌmärk/

   

   noun

   • 1. a pitted scar or mark on the skin left by a pustule or pimple: "the only possible reason for the thickness of the makeup was the pockmarks underneath"
   • ▪ a scar, mark, or pitted area disfiguring a surface: "pockmarks and gouges in the brickwork"

   verb

   • 1. cover or disfigure with pockmarks: "the area is pockmarked by gravel pits"

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   What does pockmark mean?

   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of POCKMARK is a mark, pit, or depressed scar caused by smallpox or acne; also : an imperfection or depression like a pockmark.

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   What does Pock Mark mean?

   • pock-mark (n.) also pockmark, "scar or pit left by a pustule," especially from smallpox, 1670s, from pock (n.) + mark (n.). As a verb from 1756. Related: Pockmarked; pock-marked "pitted or marked with smallpox or pits resembling those left by it (1756); earlier was pokbrokyn (mid-15c.).

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   What is the pockmark on the castle?

   • The script is pockmarked with cliches and stereotypes, though the technical aspects are fine. The badge was stained with blood and pockmarked by buckshot. The castle buildings, pockmarked by artillery during the siege and structurally unstable, were demolished by the new government in 1874.

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   What is a pockmark rash?

   • At first, it was pockmarks, like small craters from impacts. The rash develops into itchy, raw pockmarks, which mostly heal without scarring. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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   A pockmark is a scar caused by smallpox or acne, or an imperfection like a pockmark. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and medical and kids definitions of pockmark.

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   POCKMARK | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of pockmark in English. pockmark. noun [ C ] us / ˈpɑːk.mɑːrk / uk / ˈpɒk.mɑːk / Add to word list. a small hollow on your skin that is left after a spot caused by a disease, such as chickenpox or smallpox, has healed: a face covered with pockmarks.

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   A pockmark is a small hollow on your skin that is left after a spot caused by a disease, such as chickenpox or smallpox, has healed. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation and usage of pockmark with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary and other sources.

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   Pockmark definition: Pockmarks are small hollows on the surface of something. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

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   verb (used with object) to mark or scar with or as with pockmarks: gopher holes pockmarking the field. pockmark. / ˈpɒkˌmɑːk / noun. Also calledpock 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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