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re·cess  (rss, r-ss)

n.

1.

a. A temporary cessation of the customary activities of an engagement, occupation, or pursuit.

b. The period of such cessation. See Synonyms at pause.

2. A remote, secret, or secluded place. Often used in the plural.

3.

a. An indentation or small hollow.

b. An alcove.

v. re·cessed, re·cess·ing, re·cess·es

v.tr.

1. To place in a recess.

2. To create or fashion a recess in: recessed a portion of the wall.

3. To suspend for a recess: The committee chair recessed the hearings.

v.intr.

To take a recess: The investigators recessed for lunch.

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[Latin recessus, retreat, from past participle of recdere, to recede; see recede¹.]

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recess

Noun

1. a space, such as an alcove, set back in a wall

2. a holiday between sessions of work

3. recesses secret hidden places: the recesses of her brain

4. US & Canad a break between classes at a school [Latin recessus a retreat]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	recess - a state of abeyance or suspended business deferral abeyance, suspension - temporary cessation or suspension
	2.	recess - a small concavity niche, recession, corner pharyngeal recess - a small recess in the wall of the pharynx concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward
	3.	recess - an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) inlet body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" cove - a small inlet fiord, fjord - a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land loch - a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked) sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
	4.	recess - an enclosure that is set back or indented niche alcove, bay - a small recess opening off a larger room apse, apsis - a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar cinerarium, columbarium - a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose fireplace, hearth, open fireplace - an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires" mihrab - (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca
	5.	recess - a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" time out, respite, break pause - temporary inactivity spring break - a week or more of recess during the spring term at school
Verb	1.	recess - put into a recess; "recess lights" lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
	2.	recess - make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood" indent - notch the edge of or make jagged
	3.	recess - close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" adjourn, break up end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

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recess

noun 1. break, rest, holiday, closure, interval, vacation, respite, intermission, cessation of business, schoolie Austral.

noun 2. alcove, corner, bay, depression, hollow, niche, cavity, nook, oriel, indentation

noun 3. (often plural) depths, reaches, heart, retreats, bowels, innards (informal) secret places, innermost parts, penetralia

Translations

recess [rɪˈsɛs] n (in room) → hueco;

(for bed) → nicho (= secret place); escondrijo;

(POL etc) (= holiday); período vacacional;

(US) (LAW) (= short break); descanso;

(SCOL) (esp US) → recreo

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recess [rɪˈsɛs] n (in room) → renfoncement m;

(for bed) → alcôve f (= secret place); recoin m;

(Pol etc) (= holiday); vacances fpl;

(US) (Law) (= short break); suspension f d'audience;

(Scol) (esp US) → récréation f

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recess [rɪˈsɛs] n (in room) → Nische f;

(secret place) → Winkel m;

(Pol etc) (holiday) → Ferien pl;

(US) (Law) (short break) → Pause f;

(esp US) (Scol) → Pause f

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recess [rɪˈsɛs] n (in room) → alcova;

(POL etc) (= holiday); vacanze fpl;

(US) (LAW) (= short break); sospensione f;

(US ) (SCOL) → intervallo