Recesses - definition of recesses by The Free Dictionary 1 a temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity; break 2 a period of such withdrawal: a five-minute recess 3 a receding part or space, as an alcove in a room 4 an indentation, as in a coastline or a hill 5 recesses, a secluded or inner area or part: in the recesses of the palace
Recess - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com 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
recess noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of recess noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [countable, uncountable] a period of time during the year when the members of a parliament, committee, etc do not meet Parliament went into its long summer recess in recess The court is in recess until October Parliament is due to rise for the summer recess on July 20
recess - Wiktionary, the free dictionary recess (countable and uncountable, plural recesses) (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening Put a generous recess behind the handle for finger space (architecture) A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche
recesses - WordReference. com Dictionary of English recesses, a secluded or inner area or part: in the recesses of the palace v t to place or set in a recess to set or form as or like a recess; make a recess or recesses in: to recess a wall to suspend or defer for a recess: to recess the Senate v i to take a recess