Lexic.us

Definition of Recessed

1. Adjective. Having a sunken area. "Hunger gave their faces a sunken look"

Definition of Recessed

1. a. Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.

Definition of Recessed

1. Adjective. set back; located in a hole, space, or opening. ¹

2. Adjective. withdrawn; secluded ¹

3. Verb. (past of recess) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Recessed

1. recess [v] - See also: recess

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recessed

Literary usage of Recessed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1864)
"л recessed porch, with double doors of oak, (oiled) the outer once open, to be closed only at night and stormy weather, behind the one on the right is a ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... installed in the after atr chamber, with the starting crank, reversing clutches, AC., recessed into the bulkhead to protect them from accidents. ..."

3. Wrought-pipe Drainage Systems by John Joseph Cosgrove (1909)
"42 Section of recessed Drainage Fitting in illustrations from Fig. ... recessed Drainage Traps.—The fitting Fig. 43 is a running trap and may be used as a ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"The Alexandra is of the box-battery type with deeply recessed bows for the purpose of securing end-on fire. The Sultan is of the same type, but less heavily ..."

5. American Sewerage Practice by Leonard. Metcalf, Harrison Prescott Eddy (1914)
"Formerly the seat was a heavy wooden frame with which the flap made a tight joint by means of a rubber gasket slightly recessed along each edge, ..."

6. A Text Book of Chemical Engineering by Edward Hart (1922)
"(174) Filter frames are of two types, the flush and recessed. ... (175) In the recessed type of filter the material is pumped in through an opening ..."

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