Definition of recess

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Recess (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides..

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Semidome :: Semidome (n.) A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere..
Precessor :: Precessor (n.) A predecessor.
Recess :: Recess (n.) The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
Inlet :: Inlet (n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides..
Bosomy :: Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
Boxing :: Boxing (n.) Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.
Precession :: Precession (n.) The act of going before, or forward..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..
Reliction :: Reliction (n.) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession..
Overture :: Overture () An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.
Accretion :: Accretion (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark..
Fenes-tella :: Fenes-tella (n.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like..
Recessional :: Recessional (a.) Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.
Recess :: Recess (n.) Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school..
Recessed :: Recessed (a.) Withdrawn; secluded.
Cove :: Cove (n.) A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain..
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep..
Relicted :: Relicted (a.) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water..
Alcove :: Alcove (n.) A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library..
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