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pockmark
[ pok-mahrk ]
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.
pockmark
/ ˈɒˌɑː /
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
Other Word Forms
- dzm adjective
Example Sentences
The discontent stems not just from big issues, such as the loss of entertainment industry jobs, but also day-to-day matters such as broken sidewalks, pockmarked streets and lengthy 911 wait times.
The bullet-proof glass of the building largely held, but it is pockmarked with many signs of impact.
Craig Wallace’s Telégin, known as “Waffles” for his pockmarked skin, is an amiable fumbler yet suffused with kindness and possessing an implacable decency.
The tortoises pockmark the desert floor with burrows that other animals use for shelter, and disperse the seeds of native plants in their waste.
Hidden beneath the bushes was a low wall pockmarked with holes and gobs of concrete.
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