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Fireplace :: Fireplace (n.) The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built..

Recessed :: Recessed (a.) Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall..

Concave :: Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

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..

Recess :: Recess (n.) Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science..

Haven :: Haven (n.) A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port..

Corona :: Corona (n.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column..

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

Closet :: Closet (n.) A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc..

Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

Cove :: Cove (n.) A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain..

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..

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc..

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..

Bower :: Bower (n.) A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess..

Bay Window :: Bay window () A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window..

Encave :: Encave (v. t.) To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess..

Indent :: Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..

Bosom :: Bosom (n.) Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth..

Creek :: Creek (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river..

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