recess
/ɹɪsˈɛs/ · 2 syllables
Meaning
verb
- put into a recess
“recess lights” - make a recess in
“recess the piece of wood” - close at the end of a session
“The court adjourned”
noun
- a state of abeyance or suspended business
- a small concavity
- an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- a pause from doing something (as work)
“we took a 10-minute break”
Synonyms for recess
Words that rhyme with recess
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