recess

Nouns

  • (n) a state of abeyance or suspended business deferral,
  • (n) a small concavity niche, recession, corner,
  • (n) an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) inlet,
  • (n) an enclosure that is set back or indented niche,
  • (n) a pause from doing something (as work)
    • we took a 10-minute break
    • he took time out to recuperate
    time out, respite, break,

Verbs

  • (v) put into a recess
    • recess lights
  • (v) make a recess in
    • recess the piece of wood
  • (v) close at the end of a session
    • The court adjourned
    adjourn, break up,

Synonyms

deferral niche recession corner inlet adjourn break up time out respite break

Words of close approximity

recede Recent
recessed recession recessional recessional march recessionary recessive recessive allele recessive gene