Pockmark
//ˈpɒk.mɑːk// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A mark or scar in the skin caused by a pock.
"When we were quite well and tolerably free from pock-marks [from smallpox], my father took us to London with him, […]"
- 2 a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease wordnet
- 3 A crater in the seafloor caused by erupting gas or liquid.
Verb
- 1 mark with or as if with pockmarks wordnet
Example
More examples"When we were quite well and tolerably free from pock-marks [from smallpox], my father took us to London with him, […]"
Etymology
From pock + mark.
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