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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Nook :: Nook (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
Recess :: Recess (n.) A sinus.
Grotto :: Grotto (n.) A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment..
Recessed :: Recessed (a.) Withdrawn; secluded.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
Recess :: Recess (n.) Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc..
Recessive :: Recessive (a.) Going back; receding.
Bay Window :: Bay window () A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..
Indent :: Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..
Recession :: Recession (n.) The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand..
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.) A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
Semidome :: Semidome (n.) A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere..
Vacation :: Vacation (n.) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.
Relicted :: Relicted (a.) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water..
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