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Definition of "pockmarked" [pock•marked]

  • Simple past tense and past participle of pockmark. (verb)
  • Having pockmarks. (adjective)
  • Pitted, or scarred with holes. (adjective)

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Use "pockmarked" in a sentence
  • "According to The Telegraph's Tim Butcher, headstones at Britain's Commonwealth war cemetery in Gaza City were not only "pockmarked" by shrapnel from Israeli artillery, but some were even destroyed during the Israeli "operation" in Beit Hanoun."
  • "He said government data collection projects are often "pockmarked" with omissions and outright errors,"
  • "Mjadara is classic peasant food, an ancient dish whose name means “the pockmarked one,” for the dark lentils embedded in grain."