RECESS
\ɹˈiːsɛs], \ɹˈiːsɛs], \ɹ_ˈiː_s_ɛ_s]\
Definitions of RECESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
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a state of abeyance or suspended business
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an enclosure that is set back or indented
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put into a recess; "recess lights"
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make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"
By Princeton University
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a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
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a state of abeyance or suspended business
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an enclosure that is set back or indented
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put into a recess; "recess lights"
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make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
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The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
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Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school.
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Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
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A sinus.
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To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
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A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
By Oddity Software
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A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
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The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
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Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school.
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Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
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A sinus.
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To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
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A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
By Noah Webster.
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A place or space hollowed out in a wall, etc.; an alcove or niche; a quiet or secluded spot or nook; a brief time during which work ceases; an intermission.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A going back or withdrawing: retirement: state of being withdrawn: seclusion: remission of business: part of a room formed by a receding of the wall: private abode.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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n. [Latin] A withdrawing or retiring; retirement: retreat;-a with- drawing from public business or notice seclusion; privacy;-remission or suspension of business; inter- mission, as of a legislative body or school;-part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, &c.;-place of retirement or secrecy secret or abstruse part;-the retiring of the shore of a sea or lake from the general outline of the land; bay; cove, &c.
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