school recess
noun
(Originally) a school holiday; (later also) (chiefly North American ) a break between school classes, typically used for loosely organized recreational activities.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Samuel Richardson (bap. 1689, d. 1761), printer and author.
- waistband
- waist cloth
- waistcoat
- waist-deep
- waisted
- waist-high
- waistless
- waistline
- wait
- wait-a-bit
- wait-a-bit thorn
- wait and see
- Waitangi Day
- Waitangi, Treaty of
- Waite, Morrison Remick
- waiter
- wait for it
- wait for the other shoe to drop
- waiting
- waiting game
- waiting list
- waiting room
- wait list
- wait on (or upon)
- wait on someone hand and foot