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1. Put into a recess
   "recess lights"
    
2. Make a recess in
   "recess the piece of wood"
    
3. Close at the end of a session
   "The court recessed";
   - adjourn, break up

1. A state of abeyance or suspended business
   - deferral
    
2. A small concavity
   - recession, niche, corner
    
3. An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
   - inlet
    
4. An enclosure that is set back or indented
   - niche
    
5. A pause from doing something (as work)
   "we took a 10-minute recess";
   - respite, break, time out

Derived forms: recessed, recessing, recesses

Type of: abeyance, body of water, cease, concave shape, concavity, enclosure, end, finish, incurvation, incurvature, indent, lay, pause, place, pose, position, put, set, stop, suspension, terminate, water

Part of: lake, sea

Encyclopedia: Recess Recess, County Galway