English to English noun
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a state of abeyance or suspended business | | source: wordnet30
2 |
a small concavity | | source: wordnet30
3 |
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) | | source: wordnet30
4 |
an enclosure that is set back or indented | | source: wordnet30
5 |
a pause from doing something (as work) | | Example: we took a 10-minute break he took time out to recuperate
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6 |
A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides. | | source: webster1913
7 |
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. | | source: webster1913 verb
8 |
put into a recess | | Example: recess lights
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9 |
make a recess in | | Example: recess the piece of wood
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10 |
close at the end of a session | | Example: The court adjourned
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11 |
To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall. | | source: webster1913
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