recess: signification et définitions

A temporary cessation of the customary activities of an engagement, occupation, or pursuit.

The period of such cessation. See Synonyms at pause.

A remote, secret, or secluded place. Often used in the plural.

An indentation or small hollow.

An alcove.

To place in a recess.

To create or fashion a recess in: recessed a portion of the wall.

To suspend for a recess: The committee chair recessed the hearings.

To take a recess: The investigators recessed for lunch.