1. a small pit or scar on the skin, especially one left by smallpox or acne
2. a small pit or crater-like mark on a surface

1. to mark with pits or scars

Examples

• His face was covered with pockmarks from childhood acne.
• The old building’s walls were pockmarked with bullet holes.
• Smallpox left deep pockmarks on her cheeks.
• The moon’s surface is pockmarked with craters.
• Years of hail had pockmarked the car’s hood.
• The disease pockmarked his skin permanently.
• Rust pockmarks covered the metal fence.