pockmark
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noun \ˈpäk-ˌmärk\Definition of POCKMARK
: a mark, pit, or depressed scar caused by smallpox or acne; also : an imperfection or depression like a pockmark
See Examples of POCKMARK
- The bullets left pockmarks in the wall.
- <the explosion left little pockmarks all over the face of the adjacent building>
First Known Use of POCKMARK
circa 1673
Related to POCKMARK
- Synonyms
- blight, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, excrescency, fault, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, blemish, scar
Rhymes with POCKMARK
aardvark, airpark, anarch, autarch, ballpark, benchmark, birthmark, blue shark, bookmark, check mark, chop mark, debark, demark, Denmark, D-mark, earmark, embark, endarch, exarch, footmark, futhark, Graustark, hallmark, hash mark, horned lark, ironbark, landmark, Lamarck, monarch, Petrarch, pitch-dark, Plutarch, postmark, pressmark, pugmark, reichsmark, remark, remarque, Remarque, ringbark, seamark, shagbark, sitzmark, skylark, soapbark, space mark, stress mark, tanbark, tetrarch, theme park, tidemark, titlark, touchmark, trademark, whale shark
2pockmark
transitive verbDefinition of POCKMARK
First Known Use of POCKMARK
1756
pock·mark
noun \ˈpäk-ˌmärk\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of POCKMARK
: a mark, pit, or depressed scar caused by smallpox or acne
—pock·marked adjective
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