Word Meaning

recess definition and meaning

n. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
n. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
n. Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school.
n. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
n. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
n. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science.
n. A sinus.
v. t. To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
n. A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.

Crossword clues for recess

- Alcove
- Break in school morning
- Hollow space
- Niche or alcove
- Nook
- Playtime at school
- Rest period
- Some declare cesspits to be a niche
- Take a break in alcove