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Meaning of 'recess' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Recess [ n.]
- A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
- The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
- Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school.
- Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
- A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
- Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science.
- A sinus.
- A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
2 . Recess [ v. t.]
- To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.

Meaning of 'recess' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . recess [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a pause from doing something (as work)
Example in sentence:
  • he took time out to recuperate;
  • we took a 10-minute break
2 . recess [ v]
Meaning (2):
- put into a recess
Example in sentence:
  • recess lights
Meaning (3):
- make a recess in
Example in sentence:
  • recess the piece of wood
Meaning (4):
- close at the end of a session
Example in sentence:
  • The court adjourned

Nearby Words:

recadency recalcitrant recalcitrate recalcitration recall recallable recallment recant recantation recanted

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