ALL meanings of recess
re·cess
R r - noun recess temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity. 1
- noun recess a period of such withdrawal. 1
- noun recess a receding part or space, as a bay or alcove in a room. 1
- noun recess an indentation in a line or extent of coast, hills, forest, etc. 1
- noun recess school: pause from lessons 1
- noun recess recesses, a secluded or inner area or part: in the recesses of the palace. 1
- noun recess architecture 1
- verb with object recess to place or set in a recess. 1
- noun recess court: break 1
- verb with object recess to set or form as or like a recess; make a recess or recesses in: to recess a wall. 1
- transitive verb recess lights 1
- verb with object recess to suspend or defer for a recess: to recess the Senate. 1
- verb without object recess to take a recess. 1
- countable noun recess A recess is a break between the periods of work of an official body such as a committee, a court of law, or a government. 0
- verb recess When formal meetings or court cases recess, they stop temporarily. 0
- countable noun recess In a room, a recess is part of a wall which is built further back than the rest of the wall. Recesses are often used as a place to put furniture such as shelves. 0
- countable noun recess The recesses of something or somewhere are the parts of it which are hard to see because light does not reach them or they are hidden from view. 0
- countable noun recess If you refer to the recesses of someone's mind or soul, you are referring to thoughts or feelings they have which are hidden or difficult to describe. 0
- noun recess a space, such as a niche or alcove, set back or indented 0
- noun recess a secluded or secret place 0
- noun recess a cessation of business, such as the closure of Parliament during a vacation 0
- noun recess a small cavity or depression in a bodily organ, part, or structure 0
- noun recess a break between classes at a school 0
- verb recess to place or set (something) in a recess 0
- verb recess to build a recess or recesses in (a wall, building, etc) 0
- noun recess a receding or hollow place, as in a surface, wall, etc.; niche 0
- noun recess a secluded, withdrawn, or inner place 0
- noun recess a temporary withdrawal from or halting as of work, business, or study 0
- noun recess in elementary school, a scheduled period of relaxation or play, esp. outdoors 0
- noun recess a small cavity, hollow, indentation, etc. in an organ or part 0
- verb transitive recess to place or set in a recess 0
- verb transitive recess to form a recess in 0
- verb transitive recess to halt temporarily 0
- intransitive verb recess to take a recess 0