any pustule resulting from an eruptive disease, esp from smallpox - another word for
pockmark 1
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pock /pɑk/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a small, swollen spot of skin on the body caused by a disease, as chickenpox.
- Pathologya pockmark.
pock
(pok),USA pronunciation n.
- a pustule on the body in an eruptive disease, as smallpox.
- Pathologya mark or spot left by or resembling such a pustule.
- a small indentation, pit, hole, or the like.
- Scottish Termspoke2.
- bef. 1000; Middle English pokke, Old English poc; cognate with German Pocke; perh. akin to Old English pocca. See poke2
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'pock' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Rathke's pouch
- air pocket
- anchor pocket
- ballast pocket
- besom pocket
- cargo pocket
- deep pockets
- floor pocket
- out of pocket
- patch pocket
- pocked
- pocket
- pocket battleship
- pocket billiards
- pocket borough
- pocket calculator
- pocket chisel
- pocket door
- pocket edition
- pocket gopher
- pocket money
- pocket mouse
- pocket park
- pocket piece
- pocket secretary
- pocket veto
- pocket-size
- pocketable
- pocketbook
- pockmark
- pocky
- pox
- slash pocket
- stage pocket
- watch pocket
- water pocket