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Definition of Recess

1. Verb. Put into a recess. "Recess lights"

2. Noun. A state of abeyance or suspended business.

3. Verb. Make a recess in. "Recess the piece of wood"

4. Noun. A small concavity.

5. Verb. Close at the end of a session. "The court adjourned"

6. Noun. An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands).

7. Noun. An enclosure that is set back or indented.

8. Noun. A pause from doing something (as work). "He took time out to recuperate"

Definition of Recess

1. n. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.

2. v. t. To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.

3. n. A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.

Definition of Recess

1. Noun. (countable or uncountable) A break, pause or vacation. ¹

2. Noun. An inset, hole, space or opening. ¹

3. Noun. (American English) A time of play, usually, on a playground. ¹

4. Verb. To inset into something, or to recede. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To take or declare a break. ¹

6. Adjective. (obsolete rare) Remote, distant (in time or place). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Recess

1. to place in a receding space or hollow [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Recess

1. 1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides. "Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality." (South) "My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered." (Eikon Basilike) 2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy. "In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence." (Sir M. Hale) "Good verse recess and solitude requires." (Dryden) 3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school. "The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks." (Macaulay) 4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc. "A bed which stood in a deep recess." (W. Irving) 5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. "Departure from his happy place, our sweet Recess, and only consolation left." (Milton) 6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science. 7. A sinus. Origin: L. Recessus, fr. Recedere, recessum. See Recede. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recess

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recertifications recertified recertifies recertify recertifying recess (current term) recess appointment recess appointments recessed recesses

recessing recession recessional recessional march recessionals recessionary recessionista recessionistas recessionlike recessionproof

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