POCKMARK

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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