pockmarked
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noun
1.
Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
2.
a small pit or scar: a tabletop full of pockmarks.
verb (used with object)
3.
to mark or scar with or as with pockmarks: gopher holes pockmarking the field.
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pockmark (ˈpɒkˌmɑːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to scar or pit (a surface) with pockmarks |
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| pockmarked (ˈpɒkˌmɑːkd) | |
| —adj | |
| abounding in pockmarks | |
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Medical Dictionary
pockmark pock·mark (pŏk'märk')
n.
A pitlike scar that is left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease.
pock'marked' adj.
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Example sentences
Aggregate's adamant insistence on subjecting the appellant to drug testing is pockmarked by irregularities.
The interior is pockmarked with bullet holes from the fighting that swirled around it.
Not only did sheepmen continually invade the reserves, but portions of all three were pockmarked with numerous private inholdings.
The structure's rails were severely pockmarked and the deck was uneven.
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