Translate recess | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of recess
noun
1a small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest:a table set into a recess a hollow space inside something:the concrete block has a recess in its base (usually
recesses)
a remote, secluded, or secret place:the recesses of the silent pine forest figurativethe dark recesses of his soul
2a period of time when the proceedings of a parliament, committee, court of law, or other official body are temporarily suspended:talks resumed after a month’s recess the Senate was in recess chiefly
North American a break between school classes:the mid-morning recess
verb
1 [with object] (often as adjective
recessed)
attach (a fixture) by setting it back into the wall or surface to which it is fixed:recessed ceiling lights
2 [no object] chiefly
North American (of formal proceedings) be temporarily suspended:the talks recessed at 2:15 [with object] suspend (such proceedings) temporarily. (of an official body) suspend its proceedings for a period of time.
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recess with a single
c and a double
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