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recess

noun

1 recess

A state of abeyance or suspended business.

synonym: deferral.

Roget 530: camouflage; mimicry; hiding place; secret place, secret drawer; recess, hold, holes and corners; closet, crypt, adytum, abditory, oubliette.    ambush, ... show more

Roget 893: seclusion, privacy; retirement; reclusion, recess; snugness etc. adj.; delitescence; rustication, rus in urbe [Lat.]; solitude; solitariness etc. ... show more

2 recess

A small concavity.

synonyms: corner, niche, recession.

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Roget 244: angularity, angularness; aduncity; angle, cusp, bend; fold etc. 258; notch etc. 257; fork, bifurcation.    ... show more

Roget 283: regress, regression; retrocession, retrogression, retrograduation, retroaction; reculade; retreat, withdrawal, retirement, remigration; recession etc. (motion from) ... show more

Dutch: nis, uitsparing

3 recess

An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands).

synonym: inlet.

Polish: inlet

4 recess

An enclosure that is set back or indented.

synonym: niche.

Dutch: niche markt
Polish: wnęka

5 recess

A pause from doing something (as work).

synonyms: break, respite, time out.

Roget 687: repose, rest, silken repose; sleep etc. 683.    relaxation, breathing time; halt, stay, pause etc. (cessation) ... show more

Dutch: speelkwartier, time-out
Polish: przerywanie

verb

1 recess

Put into a recess.

2 recess

Make a recess in.

3 recess

Close at the end of a session.

synonyms: adjourn, break up.

Dutch: stopzetten, onderbreken, verdagen


Moby thesaurus: Jim Crow, abeyance, adjourn, adytum, alcove, apartheid, apartness, ashram, asylum, bay, bolt-hole, bosom, break, breath, breathe, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time ... show more.

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