pockmark en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɒk.mɑːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (UK) audio
- /ˈpɑkˌmɑɹk/ (General-American)
Etymology
From pock + mark.
Meanings
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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, […]
1883, Charlotte M[ary] Yonge, “Whitehall before the Cobwebs”, in Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret de Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 4:
- A crater in the seafloor caused by erupting gas or liquid.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pockmarks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (18)
sv grop (mark or scar) · bg петно (mark or scar) · mi koroputaputa (mark or scar) · de Pockennarbe (mark or scar) · it buttero (mark or scar) · hu himlőhely (mark or scar) · hu ragya (mark or scar) · ru о́спина (mark or scar) · tr çopur (mark or scar) · cmn 麻子 (mark or scar) · ru ря́бина (mark or scar) · es cacaraña (mark or scar) · mnc ᠮᠠᠰᡝ (mark or scar) · pl blizna po ospie lub trądziku (mark or scar) · fi rokonarpi (mark or scar) · sv koppärr (mark or scar) · fr marque de petite vérole (mark or scar) · ja 痘痕 (mark or scar)