Recessed

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.]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	recessed - having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look" deep-set, sunken hollow - not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"
	2.	recessed - resembling an alcove concave - curving inward