noun
Meaning 1
A mark or scar in the skin caused by a pock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pockmark
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒk.mɑːk/
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General-American: /ˈpɑkˌmɑɹk/
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CMU ARPABET: P AA1 K M AA2 R K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A crater in the seafloor caused by erupting gas or liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scar, cicatrix, cicatrice
verb
Meaning 4
mark with or as if with pockmarks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Her face was pockmarked by the disease
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scar, mark, pock, pit
History
Etymology
From pock + mark.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: петно (petno) — mark or scar
- Chinese Mandarin: 麻子 (mázi) — mark or scar
- Finnish: rokonarpi — mark or scar
- French: marque de petite vérole — mark or scar
- German: Pockennarbe — mark or scar
- Hungarian: himlőhely — mark or scar
- Hungarian: ragya — mark or scar
- Italian: buttero — mark or scar
- Japanese: 痘痕 (abata) — mark or scar
- Manchu: ᠮᠠᠰᡝ (mase) — mark or scar
- Māori: koroputaputa — mark or scar
- Polish: blizna po ospie lub trądziku — mark or scar
- Russian: о́спина (óspina) — mark or scar
- Russian: ря́бина (rjábina) — mark or scar
- Spanish: cacaraña — mark or scar
- Swedish: grop — mark or scar
- Swedish: koppärr — mark or scar
- Turkish: çopur — mark or scar