pock·mark

(pŏk′märk′)

1. A pitlike scar left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease.

2. A small pit on a surface: The gophers left the lawn covered with pockmarks.

tr.v. pock·marked, pock·mark·ing, pock·marks

To cover with pockmarks; pit.

pock′marked′ adj.

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pockmarked

(ˈpɒkˌmɑːkd)

adj

(Pathology) abounding in pockmarks

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Adj.	1.	pockmarked - used of paved surfaces having holes or pits pocked, potholed rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
	2.	pockmarked - marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease pocked blemished - marred by imperfections

pockmarked

adjective scarred, spotted, pitted, blemished, pocked He had a pockmarked face.

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Translations

مَجْدور، مُجَدَّر

poďobaný

koparret

pockennarbig

himlõhelyesragyás

meî bóluör

kopparret

poďobaný

çiçek bozuğuçopur

有痘痕的

pockmarked

[ˈpɒkmɑːkt] ADJ [face] → picado de viruelas; [surface] → marcado de hoyos
to be pockmarked with → estar marcado or acribillado de

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pockmarked

[ˈpɒkmɑː^rkt] adj [face] → grêlé(e); [surface, wall] → criblé(e) de petits trous

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pockmarked

[ˈpɒkˌmɑːkt] adj (face) → butterato/a; (surface) → bucherellato/a

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pockmark

(ˈpokmaːk) noun

a scar or small dent in the skin caused by smallpox etc.

ˈpockmarked adjective

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The last of the Horse Guards, a huge pockmarked fellow, frowned angrily on seeing Rostov before him, with whom he would inevitably collide.

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"It's I," said a firm, pleasant, woman's voice, and the stern, pockmarked face of Matrona Philimonovna, the nurse, was thrust in at the doorway.

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The maid who opened it was short, dark, and slightly pockmarked. For the rest, an obvious "femme-de-chambre," and very busy.

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Its precipitous walls are pockmarked by great scooped hollows, gouged over centuries by stones and gravel driven by furious waters.

Hollows and boulders are testament to turbulent past

Britain is now a scruffy nation: our highways, byways and alleyways awash with discarded rubbish; our roads pockmarked with potholes; the nation's movers, shakers and entertainers unable to make us think or laugh without recourse to obscenity, or as our broadcasters put it, "strong language and adult humour"; and on and on...

Chickens and eggs in the Commons

Photographs shared on social media showed houses pockmarked with bullet holes, and an online video showed shots being fired from a military vehicle.

Several people arrested, some killed in security operation in Qatif, Saudi Arabia

He was described as white, in his early 30s, 6ft, slim, with a long nose and pockmarked skin.

Appeal over raid

Although most of our shelters on main highways are in a reasonable condition, some have been vandalised with the panels removed; some are dirty and have been pockmarked with scratch marks and unsightly graffiti.

Bus shelters need attention

The appalling condition of surfaces in the region, with many pockmarked with potholes, has sparked fury from drivers.

Council awarded extra funds for road repairs

A picture accompanying the Al Arabiya TV report appeared to show the outside of a civilian home pockmarked by shrapnel.

Saudi Arabia aerial defense system intercepts four ballistic missiles targeting on Jazan

One "huge square" hole opened up across the carriageway, while the rest of the road is pockmarked with potholes after sub-zero temperatures and a deluge snow.

A66 lane closures in place today - here's why; Nearside lane closures in place on both eastbound and westbound carriageways from Hartington Interchange to the A19

The timing of deglacial and eustatic sequences proposed in the preceding model of development is supported by the widespread occurrence of pockmarked fields in areas at depths shallower than -40 m.

Seafloor pockmarks and gas seepages, northwestern Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada