Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈpɒk.mɑːk/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈpɑkˌmɑɹk/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
A mark or scar in the skin caused by a pock.
- Examples
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When we were quite well and tolerably free from pock-marks [from smallpox], my father took us to London with him, […]
A crater in the seafloor caused by erupting gas or liquid.
Noun
a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease
Verb
mark with or as if with pockmarks
- Examples
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Her face was pockmarked by the disease