POCKMARK
Dictionary entry overview: What does pockmark mean?
• POCKMARK (noun)
The noun POCKMARK has 1 sense:
1. a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease
Familiarity information: POCKMARK used as a noun is very rare.
• POCKMARK (verb)
The verb POCKMARK has 1 sense:
1. mark with or as if with pockmarks
Familiarity information: POCKMARK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POCKMARK (noun)
Meaning:
A scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pockmark" is a kind of...):
cicatrice; cicatrix; scar (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)
• POCKMARK (verb)
Meaning:
Mark with or as if with pockmarks
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
Her face was pockmarked by the disease
Hypernyms (to "pockmark" is one way to...):
mark; pit; pock; scar (mark with a scar)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
