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Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

Break :: Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.

Bower :: Bower (n.) A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess..

Recessed :: Recessed (imp. & p. p.) of Reces.

Confessional :: Confessional (n.) The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others..

Indent :: Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..

Encave :: Encave (v. t.) To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess..

Cove :: Cove (n.) A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore..

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..

Nook :: Nook (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

Closet :: Closet (n.) A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc..

Recessional :: Recessional (a.) Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.

Sinus :: Sinus (n.) A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc..

Recess :: Recess (n.) Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science..

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..

Recession :: Recession (n.) The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign..

Recess :: Recess (n.) Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc..

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..

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.

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