recess
Schoolyard play period
Recess is a break or pause in activity.
For schoolchildren, recess is the period when they go outside to play.
Courts and legislatures take recesses—temporary adjournments from proceedings.
A recess is also a receded space: an alcove, niche, or indentation set back from the main surface.
The statue stood in a recess in the wall.
The plural often suggests hidden depths: the dark recesses of the mind.
To recess is to take a break or to set something back into a surface: recessed lighting.
Children's outdoor recreation space
- playtimeRecreation period for children
- kickballSoccer meets baseball rules
- hopscotchTossing and jumping game
- dodgeballElimination sport via throwing
tag · four-square · swingset · sandbox · seesaw · slide · schoolyard · bell
Recessed wall space
- nookSheltered corner or alcove
- indentationInward cut or setback
- alcoveRecessed area in room
- cubbyholeSmall enclosed storage space
cranny · inglenook · cove · cavity · hollow · retreat · hideaway · sanctuary
Underground hollow in rock
grotto · cavern · crevice · fissure · cleft · chasm · crater · sinkhole
Short pause from hardship
- hiatusBreak in activity
- interludePause between sections
- breatherBrief period of rest
- lullTemporary period of quiet
adjournment · downtime · interval · pause · suspension · rest · intermission · timeout
Temporary suspension of proceedings
- continuanceSustained extension forward
- postponementDelaying to later
- sidebarAncillary text box
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
chambers · bench · judge · counsel · motion · ruling · proceeding · hearing
playground
Children's outdoor recreation space
- playtimeRecreation period for children
- kickballSoccer meets baseball rules
- hopscotchTossing and jumping game
dodgeball · tag · four-square · swingset · sandbox · seesaw · slide · schoolyard · bell · games
niche
Recessed wall space
- nookSheltered corner or alcove
- indentationInward cut or setback
- alcoveRecessed area in room
cubbyhole · cranny · inglenook · cove · cavity · hollow · retreat · hideaway · sanctuary · bower
cave
Underground hollow in rock
canyon · grotto · cavern · crevice · fissure · cleft · chasm · crater · sinkhole · depression
respite
Short pause from hardship
lull · adjournment · downtime · interval · pause · suspension · rest · intermission · timeout · holiday
adjournment
Temporary suspension of proceedings
- continuanceSustained extension forward
- postponementDelaying to later
- sidebarAncillary text box
deliberation · chambers · bench · judge · counsel · motion · ruling · proceeding · hearing · testimony
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- elementary schoolclassroom, student, first grade teacher, reading skills, teacher
- school lifeschool, teacher, classroom, homework, grades
- Education Termslesson plan, curriculum, syllabus, rubric, assessment
- Elementary Educationprimary school, grade school, curriculum, teaching, classroom
- school termsfreshman, sophomore, junior, senior, homework
recesssession
Scheduled time for activity
continuation · class · lesson · resumption · continue
recessprotrusion
Part extending outward
projection · protuberance · bulge · convexity · jut
- recessive traitGene expression requiring homozygosity
- receding hairlineHair pulling back from forehead
- dark recesses
- economic recessionSustained decline in output
- global recessionInternational economic decline
- recess bell
recession, recede, recesses, recessed, receding, recessive, recessing, recessional, recessionary