recess

Noun
  1. A state of abeyance or suspended business (synset 114037117)
    is a type of: abeyance, suspension - temporary cessation or suspension
    same as: deferral
  2. A small concavity (synset 113895060)
    is a type of: concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward
    subtypes: pharyngeal recess - a small recess in the wall of the pharynx
    same as: corner, niche, recession
  3. An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) (synset 109336622)
    is a type of: body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
    subtypes:
    • cove - a small inlet
    • fiord, fjord - a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
    • loch - a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
    specific instances:
    • bristol channel - an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England
    • gulf of aegina, saronic gulf - a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece
    • white sea - a large inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwestern part of European Russia
    • zuider zee - a former inlet of the North Sea in the northern coast of the Netherlands; sealed off from the sea in 1932 by a dam that created the IJsselmeer
    is a part of:
    • lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
    • sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
    same as: inlet
  4. An enclosure that is set back or indented (synset 104069081)
    is a type of: enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
    subtypes:
    • alcove, bay - a small recess opening off a larger room
    • apse, apsis - a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
    • cinerarium, columbarium - a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
    • fireplace, hearth, open fireplace - an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
    • mihrab - (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca
    same as: niche
  5. A pause from doing something (as work) (synset 101064921)
    "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
    is a type of: pause - temporary inactivity
    subtypes: spring break - a week or more of recess during the spring term at school
    same as: break, respite, time out
Verb
  1. Put into a recess (synset 201501511)
    "recess lights"
    is a type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set - put into a certain place or abstract location
  2. Make a recess in (synset 201279869)
    "recess the piece of wood"
    is a type of: indent - notch the edge of or make jagged
  3. Close at the end of a session (synset 200364950)
    "The court adjourned"
    is a type of: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
    same as: adjourn, break up

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