Recess
WordNet
noun
(1) A pause from doing something (as work)
"We took a 10-minute break"
"He took time out to recuperate"
(2) An enclosure that is set back or indented
(3) An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
(4) A small concavity
(5) A state of abeyance or suspended business
verb
(6) Close at the end of a session
"The court adjourned"
(7) Make a recess in
"Recess the piece of wood"
(8) Put into a recess
"Recess lights"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A break, pause or vacation.
- Spring recess offers a good chance to travel.
- An inset, hole, space or opening.
- Put a generous recess behind the handle for finger space.
- A time of play, usually, on a playground.
- Students who do not listen in class will not play outside during recess.
Verb
- To inset into something, or to recede.
- Wow, look at how that gargoyle recesses into the rest of architecture.
- Recess the screw so it does not stick out.
- To take or declare a break.
- This court shall recess for its normal two hour lunch now.
- Class will recess for 20 minutes.