pockmark

Definition of Pockmark in English :

1. pockmark

a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease

2. pockmark

mark with or as if with pockmarks

Example Sentences:
'Her face was pockmarked by the disease'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pockmark

noun

1. Also called: pock

a pitted scar left on the skin after the healing of a smallpox or similar pustule

2.

any pitting of a surface that resembles or suggests such scars

verb

3. (transitive)

to scar or pit (a surface) with pockmarks

noun

1.

a scar or pit in the skin left by a pustule, as of smallpox

2.

any pit or mark suggestive of this

verb transitive

3.

to pit, cover, or scar with pockmarks

n.

1. A pitlike scar left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease.

2. A small pit on a surface: The gophers left the lawn covered with pockmarks.

tr.v. pock·marked, pock·mark·ing, pock·marks

To cover with pockmarks; pit.