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BNC: 46824 COCA: 25576

pockmark

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pockmark /ˈpɑːkˌmɑɚk/ noun
plural pockmarks
pockmark
/ˈpɑːkˌmɑɚk/
noun
plural pockmarks
Learner's definition of POCKMARK
[count]
: a mark or scar on the skin that is usually caused by a disease (such as chicken pox or acne)(皮肤上的)痘痕,麻子
: a hole in or mark on something凹洞;凹痕

— pockmarked

/ˈpɑːkˌmɑɚkt/ adjective
BNC: 46824 COCA: 25576

pockmark

1 of 2

noun

pock·​mark ˈpäk-ˌmärk How to pronounce pockmark (audio)
: a mark, pit, or depressed scar caused by smallpox or acne
also : an imperfection or depression like a pockmark

pockmark

2 of 2

verb

pockmarked; pockmarking; pockmarks

transitive verb

: to cover with or as if with pockmarks : pit

Example Sentences

Noun The bullets left pockmarks in the wall. the explosion left little pockmarks all over the face of the adjacent building
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Taylor did fumble on his final carry, a pockmark on an otherwise solid day, but Indianapolis stuck to the run despite the early struggles, and eventually overpowered a hapless Houston front. Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2021 Worthy’s fumble was the lone pockmark on an otherwise pristine day. Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Oct. 2021 The Patriots released kicker Justin Rohrwasser this past week, leaving another pockmark on Bill Belichick’s draft record. BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021 Smaller collisions occur more often, so the pattern of pockmarks on Ryugu could have been produced in just nine million years. Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2020 One-time pollution episodes left further pockmarks in the nation’s mussel beds. Marion Renault, Wired, 18 Apr. 2020 The pop-up camera gave you a front camera without any screen blemishes at all, and now OnePlus has downgraded with a pockmark in the top-left corner of the phone. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2020 Last year, a New York Times investigation showed the disconnect between Europe’s green image and its farm policy, which has caused lasting environmental damage and left visible pockmarks across Europe. Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2020 Jimmy Tobias reports for High Country News on the National Park Service's push to work with AT&T and other telecom giants to pockmark protected lands with cell towers. Mark Olalde, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2020
Verb
The magic window starts slowly as trout begin to feed on hatching insects, dimples pockmark the surface as if light rain is falling. Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Poles flocked to try McDonald’s cheeseburgers, kebabs and Vietnamese food, while milk bars came to be seen as a grim reminder of a past pockmarked with scarcity and oppression. Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2020 Holding up a map of the Trump plan in a UN Security Council meeting, Abbas said the land allocated for Palestinians looked like Swiss cheese due to the settlements that pockmark the West Bank. David Wainer, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020 Their legacy has been pockmarked by lawsuits, all hurled by Love—for songwriting credits in 1993, against Jardine using the Beach Boys name on tour in 2003, and over a free CD included with Brian’s solo album Smile in 2005. Morgan Enos, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2020 The craters which pockmark the moon are formed by asteroid impacts millions of years ago. Fox News, 16 Mar. 2020 Others had decamped to settlements along the Turkish border, where blue and white tents pockmark rocky hillsides and olive groves. Mike Ives, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2020 Not far from the temple in Prey Chhor lies a rice field pockmarked with the remnants of mass graves. Andrew Nachemson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2020 The result is frustrated drivers swerving haphazardly around gouged and pockmarked roads. Kellie Hwang, Indianapolis Star, 22 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1646, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1756, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pockmark was circa 1646
BNC: 46824 COCA: 25576

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