Meaning & use
Pocked
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Marked with small pits, holes, or scars.
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His face was pocked with scars from childhood chickenpox.
The moon's surface is pocked with craters formed by ancient impacts.
A note on using this word
Shortened from 'pockmarked,' itself derived from 'pock,' an old word for the pustules caused by smallpox.
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