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8 Letter Words for Recessed
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Definitions for Recessed
[1] temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
[2] a period of such withdrawal.
[3] a receding part or space, as a bay or alcove in a room.
[4] an indentation in a line or extent of coast, hills, forest, etc.
[5] recesses, a secluded or inner area or part: in the recesses of the palace.
[6] to place or set in a recess.
[7] to set or form as or like a recess; make a recess or recesses in: to recess a wall.
[8] to suspend or defer for a recess: to recess the Senate.
[9] to take a recess.
[10] a space, such as a niche or alcove, set back or indented
[11] (often plural) a secluded or secret place recesses of the mind
[12] a cessation of business, such as the closure of Parliament during a vacation
[13] anatomy a small cavity or depression in a bodily organ, part, or structure
[14] US and Canadian a break between classes at a school
[15] (tr) to place or set (something) in a recess
[16] (tr) to build a recess or recesses in (a wall, building, etc)
Words related to Recessed
recessadjourn, terminate, dissolve, drop, rise, pigeonhole, sideline, shake, prorogue
Words nearby Recessed
recessreceptionist, receptive, receptive aphasia, receptor, receptor protein, recess, recession, recessional, recessional moraine, recessionary, recessionista
Origin of Recessed
1510–20; < Latin recessus a withdrawal, receding part, equivalent to recēd(ere ) to recede1 + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > ss
Other words from Recessed
non·re·cess , noun
Word origin for Recessed
C16: from Latin recessus a retreat, from recēdere to recede
Synonyms for Recessed
adjourn, break off, break up, dissolve, terminate, drop, pigeonhole, prorogue, rise, shake, sideline, call time, drop it, prorogate, put on hold, take a break, take a breather, take five, take ten