Definition of recess

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Recess (n.) Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school..

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Recessing :: Recessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reces.
Precession :: Precession (n.) The act of going before, or forward..
Recession :: Recession (n.) The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand..
Inlet :: Inlet (n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A sinus.
Recess :: Recess (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides..
Cove :: Cove (n.) A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain..
Rabbet :: Rabbet (n.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate..
Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson..
Recess :: Recess (n.) Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
Bosomy :: Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
Pan :: Pan (n.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge..
Concave :: Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.
Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep..
Break :: Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc..
Alcove :: Alcove (n.) Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.
Chapel :: Chapel (n.) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar..
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