Dictionary definition · recess
noun
- a state of abeyance or suspended business
- a small concavity
- an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- a pause from doing something (as work)"we took a 10-minute break"
verb
- put into a recess"recess lights"
- make a recess in"recess the piece of wood"
- close at the end of a session"The court adjourned"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).