recess
recesses; recessed; recessing
Recess is a break from doing something, like work or school. Almost everyone looks forward to taking a recess — even if you don't have access to monkey bars.
Recess comes from the Latin word recessus, meaning "a going back, retreat." You may have heard children talking about recess as their favorite part of school. This meaning of the word refers to the break in a school day for children to play, usually outside in a playground. As a verb, recess means to take a break at the end of a session — usually in a court proceeding: "The judge announced the court would recess until the following day."
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a state of abeyance or suspended business
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deferral
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abeyance, suspension
temporary cessation or suspension
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abeyance, suspension
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a pause from doing something (as work)
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spring break
a week or more of recess during the spring term at school
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pause
temporary inactivity
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spring break
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a break in the school day for play or relaxation
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close at the end of a session
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a small concavity
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pharyngeal recess
a small recess in the wall of the pharynx
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concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
a shape that curves or bends inward
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pharyngeal recess
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an enclosure that is set back or indented
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synonyms:
niche
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alcove, bay
a small recess opening off a larger room
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apse, apsis
a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
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cinerarium, columbarium
a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
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fireplace, hearth, open fireplace
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
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mihrab
(Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca
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carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall
small individual study area in a library
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fire
a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
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tribune
the apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne
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enclosure
a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
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an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
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inlet
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Bristol Channel
an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England
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Gulf of Aegina
a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece
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White Sea
a large inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwestern part of European Russia
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Zuider Zee
a former inlet of the North Sea in the northern coast of the Netherlands; sealed off from the sea in 1932 by a dam that created the IJsselmeer
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cove
a small inlet
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fiord, fjord
a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
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loch
a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
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lough
a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
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body of water, water
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
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make a recess in“recess the piece of wood”
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indent
notch the edge of or make jagged
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indent
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put into a recess
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