Definition of recess

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

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Recessed :: Recessed (a.) Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A sinus.
Reliction :: Reliction (n.) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession..
Alcove :: Alcove (n.) Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.
Recessed :: Recessed (imp. & p. p.) of Reces.
Bedsite :: Bedsite (n.) A recess in a room for a bed.
Recession :: Recession (n.) The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand..
Fireplace :: Fireplace (n.) The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built..
Counterbore :: Counterbore (n.) A kind of pin drill with the cutting edge or edges normal to the axis; -- used for enlarging a hole, or for forming a flat-bottomed recess at its mouth..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet..
Creek :: Creek (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
Sinus :: Sinus (n.) A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
Oriel :: Oriel (n.) A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess..
Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson..
Recessive :: Recessive (a.) Going back; receding.
Center :: Center (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe..
Chapel :: Chapel (n.) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar..
Recessing :: Recessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reces.
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