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pockmark

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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verb

  1. to mark or disfigure with pockmarks
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒk.mɑːk/ / /ˈpɑkˌmɑɹk/

noun

Etymology: From pock + mark.

  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 crater in the seafloor caused by erupting gas or liquid.