WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
pock•mark /ˈpɑkˌmɑrk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Pathologya small pit on the skin, left by a swollen spot of skin on the body, caused by smallpox, chickenpox, acne, etc.

v. [+ object]
  1. to mark or scar with or as if with pockmarks:The airstrip was pockmarked with craters from the bombing.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pock•mark  (pokmärk′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. PathologyUsually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
  2. a small pit or scar:a tabletop full of pockmarks.

v.t. 
  1. to mark or scar with or as with pockmarks:gopher holes pockmarking the field.
  • pock + mark1 1665–75
pockmarked′, adj. 

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