Recess Definition
rēsĕs, rĭ-sĕs
recessed, recesses
noun
recesses
A receding or hollow place, as in a surface, wall, etc.; niche.
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A temporary withdrawal from or halting as of work, business, or study.
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A secluded, withdrawn, or inner place.
Subterranean recesses, the recesses of the subconscious.
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In elementary school, a scheduled period of relaxation or play, esp. outdoors.
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A small cavity, hollow, indentation, etc. in an organ or part.
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verb
recessed, recesses
To place or set in a recess.
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To create or fashion a recess in.
Recessed a portion of the wall.
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To form a recess in.
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To take a recess.
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To halt temporarily.
To recess a hearing.
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adjective
(obsolete, rare) Remote, distant (in time or place).
Thomas Salusbury: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: I should think it best in the subsequent discourses to begin to examine whether the Earth be esteemed immoveable, as it hath been till now believed by most men, or else moveable, as some ancient Philosophers held, and others of not very recesse times were of opinion;
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