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[ ri-ses, ree-ses ] / rɪˈsɛs, ˈri sɛs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR recess ON THESAURUS.COM
nountemporary 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. verb (used with object)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. verb (used without object)Origin of recess1510–20; <Latin recessus a withdrawal, receding part, equivalent to recēd(ere) to recede1 + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt>ss SYNONYMS FOR recess1 respite, rest, break, vacation. SEE SYNONYMS FOR recess ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM recessnon·re·cess, nounDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for recessFortunately, there was another word for quick that popped from the recesses of his memory. You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Pictures of pets, pictures of relatives in coffins, pictures of intimate moments otherwise discarded in the recesses of memory. These Photographs Would Die Without Him|Dale Eisinger|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 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|DAILY BEAST The others made their escape by plunging deeper into the recesses of the quarry. Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan|William Taylor
At sides masonry with recesses; in the R. centre a great doorway. Three dwarf bookcases are fitted into recesses, and are well filled with all the books necessary to a woman of letters. Notable Women Authors of the Day|Helen C. Black Little sandy beaches of a few feet wide, laid bare by the action of the water, stretched inward, and were lost in these recesses. Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo It was a strange, grim, gloomy gothic chamber, full of strange niches and recesses of old stone-work. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848|Various
British Dictionary definitions for recess
noun (rɪˈsɛs, ˈriːsɛs)a space, such as a niche or alcove, set back or indented (often plural) a secluded or secret placerecesses 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 verb (rɪˈsɛs)(tr) to place or set (something) in a recess (tr) to build a recess or recesses in (a wall, building, etc) Word Origin for recessC16: from Latin recessus a retreat, from recēdere to recede Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to recessclosure, layoff, hiatus, vacation, pause, lull, time-out, suspension, holiday, respite, adjourn, break up, terminate, dissolve, break off, heart, cranny, hollow, dent, cubicle Medical definitions for recess
n.A small hollow or an indented area. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |