respite, recess, break, time out
(noun) a pause from doing something (as work); “we took a 10-minute break”; “he took time out to recuperate”
recess, niche
(noun) an enclosure that is set back or indented
inlet, recess
(noun) an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
recess, recession, niche, corner
(noun) a small concavity
deferral, recess
(noun) a state of abeyance or suspended business
adjourn, recess, break up
(verb) close at the end of a session; “The court adjourned”
recess
(verb) make a recess in; “recess the piece of wood”
recess
(verb) put into a recess; “recess lights”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
recess (countable and uncountable, plural recesses)
(countable or uncountable) A break, pause or vacation.
An inset, hole, space or opening.
(US, Australia, Canada) A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground; (UK) break, playtime.
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
(archaic) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat.
(archaic) The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
(archaic) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
A secret or abstruse part.
(botany, zoology) A sinus.
• (a break): break, day off, pause, vacation; hiatus, moratorium; see also vacation or pause
recess (third-person singular simple present recesses, present participle recessing, simple past and past participle recessed)
To inset into something, or to recede.
(intransitive) To take or declare a break.
(transitive, informal) To appoint, with a recess appointment.
To make a recess in.
recess
(obsolete, rare) Remote, distant (in time or place).
• cesser, screes
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cess", n. Etym: [L. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See Recede.]
1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides. Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality. South. My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered. Eikon Basilike.
2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy. In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence. Sir M. Hale. Good verse recess and solitude requires. Dryden.
3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school. The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks. Macaulay.
4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc. A bed which stood in a deep recess. W. Irving.
5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. Departure from his happy place, our sweet Recess, and only consolation left. Milton.
6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science. I. Watts.
7. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: A sinus.
Re*cess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Recessing.]
Definition: To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
Re*cess", n. Etym: [G.]
Definition: A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. Brande & C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
