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pockmarked

pockmarked adjective: having pockmarks. Also the simple past and past participle of pockmark.

Adjective

pockmarked (comparative more pockmarked, superlative most pockmarked)

  1. Having pockmarks.
  2. Pitted, or scarred with holes.
    • After all the trepidation born of Holland's toils home and away against these opponents in qualification for Euro 2012, and the pockmarked nature of the pitch, this was exposed as a mismatch from the opening exchanges.2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian
    • For SAC66 is better known as Batty Moss (or Ribblehead) Viaduct - the magnificent, Grade 2-listed, 24-arch structure that strides over the pockmarked ground between Ribblehead station and Blea Moor signal box.2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival”, in Rail, page 26
  3. (broadly, figuratively) Incomplete, lacking, having holes.
    • The student had, at best, a pockmarked understanding of the subject matter.

Also used as

pockmarked is also the simple past and past participle of pockmark.

Forms of pockmarked

comparativemore pockmarked
superlativemost pockmarked

Words formed from pockmarked

Questions about pockmarked

What does pockmarked mean?
Pockmarked means having pockmarks.
What part of speech is pockmarked?
Pockmarked is an adjective.

Words near pockmarked in the dictionary

  1. pockings
  2. Pocklington
  3. pockmanteau
  4. pockmanteaus
  5. pockmark
  6. pockmarked
  7. pockmarking
  8. pockmarks
  9. Pocknee
  10. pockpit
  11. pockpits

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