The meaning of RECESS is the action of receding : recession. How to use recess in a sentence.

The left leg is recessed as if the figure is shown striding, and the toes are not clearly depicted.

1. To place in a recess. 2. To create or fashion a recess in: recessed a portion of the wall. 3. To suspend for a recess: The committee chair recessed the hearings.

recessed Definitions of recessed adjective having a sunken area synonyms: deep-set, sunken

recessed in British English (ˈriːsɛst ) adjective (of a door, window, etc) set into the surrounding wall

Simple past tense and past participle of recess. He leaned back, and a recessed, marble ceiling came into view. The majority of the bikers remained on the course and with college recessed, …

The shelf is recessed into the wall. The room has recessed lights/lighting.

re•cess /rɪˈsɛs, ˈrisɛs/ n. a break. a period of such withdrawal: a five-minute recess. a part built back or in from the rest, as an alcove in a room. recesses, [plural] a hidden or inner area or …

A recessed light or downlight (also pot light in Canadian English, sometimes can light (for canister light) in American English) is a light fixture that is installed into a hollow opening in a ceiling.

Synonyms for RECESSED: concave, sunken, hollow, depressed, cupped, dimpled, indented, dished; Antonyms of RECESSED: convex, protuberant, enlarged, projecting, extended, risen, …