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Recess
rɪˈsɛs
- a small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest
"a table set into a recess"
- a hollow space inside something
"the concrete block has a recess in its base"
- a remote, secluded, or secret place
"the recesses of the silent pine forest"
- a period of time when the proceedings of a parliament, committee, court of law, or other official body are temporarily suspended
"talks resumed after a month's recess"
- a break between school classes
"the mid-morning recess"
- attach (a fitment) by setting it back into the wall or surface to which it is fixed
"the lights are going to be recessed into the ceiling"
- (of formal proceedings) be temporarily suspended
"the talks recessed at 2.15"
- suspend (formal proceedings) temporarily
"the trial was recessed for the weekend"
- (of an official body) suspend its proceedings for a period of time
"Parliament recessed for the summer on Tuesday"