recess
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
a period of such withdrawal.
a receding part or space, as a bay or alcove in a room.
an indentation in a line or extent of coast, hills, forest, etc.
recesses, a secluded or inner area or part: in the recesses of the palace.
to place or set in a recess.
to set or form as or like a recess; make a recess or recesses in: to recess a wall.
to suspend or defer for a recess: to recess the Senate.
to take a recess.
Origin of recess
1Other words for recess
Other words from recess
- non·re·cess, noun
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How to use recess in a sentence
Fortunately, there was another word for quick that popped from the recesses of his memory.
Pictures of pets, pictures of relatives in coffins, pictures of intimate moments otherwise discarded in the recesses of memory.
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Welcome to MorbidReality, A Subreddit Featuring Some of the Most Disturbing Content on the Internet | Gideon Resnick | February 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the recesses of Concordia you will feel really, really small.
It’s a Big, Big World: Sights That Make You Feel Small | Lonely Planet | December 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe answer to that question is known only in the deep recesses of the mind of the killer.
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It was then just after seven o'clock, and the October evening was drawing in with chill airs from the recesses of the forest.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodTheir deeper recesses were given up to owls and bats, and nearer the entrance the prowling fox or jackal found a covert.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowIn their dark recesses were concocted those treasons, stratagems, and spoils that desolated the land.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowIn one of these dark recesses the wall was pierced, well up toward the Carey street end.
Shadow after shadow crept down the walls of the chasm, blurred its projections, darkened its faces, and crowded its recesses.
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British Dictionary definitions for recess
a space, such as a niche or alcove, set back or indented
(often plural) a secluded or secret place: recesses of the mind
a cessation of business, such as the closure of Parliament during a vacation
anatomy a small cavity or depression in a bodily organ, part, or structure
US and Canadian a break between classes at a school
(tr) to place or set (something) in a recess
(tr) to build a recess or recesses in (a wall, building, etc)
Origin of recess
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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