recess
1. a pause from doing something (as work) - we took a 10-minute break - he took time out to recuperate • Syn: respite, break, time out • Derivationally related forms: break (for: break) • Hypernyms: pause • Hyponyms: spring break 2. a small concavity • Syn: recession, niche, corner • Derivationally related forms: corner (for: corner) • Hypernyms: concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature • Hyponyms: pharyngeal recess 3. a state of abeyance or suspended business • Syn: deferral • Hypernyms: abeyance, suspension 4. an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) • Syn: inlet • Hypernyms: body of water, water • Hyponyms: cove, fjord, fiord, loch • Instance Hyponyms: Bristol Channel, Saronic Gulf, Gulf of Aegina, White Sea, Zuider Zee • Part Holonyms: sea, lake 5. an enclosure that is set back or indented • Syn: niche • Hypernyms: enclosure • Hyponyms: alcove, bay, apse, apsis, columbarium, cinerarium, fireplace, hearth, open fireplace, mihrab
1. put into a recess (Freq. 2) - recess lights • Hypernyms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 2. make a recess in - recess the piece of wood • Hypernyms: indent • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 3. close at the end of a session - The court adjourned • Syn: adjourn, break up • Derivationally related forms: adjournment (for: adjourn) • Hypernyms: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something
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