| recess | | |
| n. (state) | 1. deferral, recess | a state of abeyance or suspended business. |
| ~ abeyance, suspension | temporary cessation or suspension. |
| n. (shape) | 2. corner, niche, recess, recession | a small concavity. |
| ~ pharyngeal recess | a small recess in the wall of the pharynx. |
| ~ concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | a shape that curves or bends inward. |
| n. (object) | 3. inlet, recess | an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands). |
| ~ body of water, water | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean).; "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" |
| ~ bristol channel | an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England. |
| ~ cove | a small inlet. |
| ~ fiord, fjord | a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway. |
| ~ lake | a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land. |
| ~ loch | a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked). |
| ~ gulf of aegina, saronic gulf | a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece. |
| ~ sea | a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land. |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. niche, recess | an enclosure that is set back or indented. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ enclosure | a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose. |
| ~ fireplace, hearth, open fireplace | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built.; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires" |
| ~ mihrab | (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca. |
| n. (act) | 5. break, recess, respite, time out | a pause from doing something (as work).; "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" |
| ~ pause | temporary inactivity. |
| ~ spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school. |
| v. (contact) | 6. recess | put into a recess.; "recess lights" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| v. (contact) | 7. recess | make a recess in.; "recess the piece of wood" |
| ~ indent | notch the edge of or make jagged. |
| v. (change) | 8. adjourn, break up, recess | close at the end of a session.; "The court adjourned" |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| nook | | |
| n. (location) | 1. nook | a sheltered and secluded place. |
| ~ retreat | a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. corner, nook | an interior angle formed by two meeting walls.; "a piano was in one corner of the room" |
| ~ amen corner | area reserved for persons leading the responsive `amens'. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| ~ chimney corner, inglenook | a corner by a fireplace. |
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