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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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