recessed
Sunk into surface
Recessed describes something set back into a surface rather than flush with it or protruding: recessed lighting, a recessed door handle.
The effect creates a cleaner look or protects the element from damage.
Recessed can also describe a session that has taken a temporary break: The committee recessed until Monday.
Placed far back
Having linear indentations
- carvedCut to create form
- etchedCarved into a surface
- engravedCut into surface
- embossedHaving raised design
debossed · notched · scored · chiseled · furrowed · fluted · stamped · imprinted
Recessed area in room
- nookSheltered corner or alcove
- nicheRecessed wall space
- bayPartially enclosed water
- cubbyholeSmall enclosed storage space
compartment · cavity · inset · indentation · cutout · slot · pocket · enclosure
Emotionally distant, disengaged
- inwardToward the inside
- deep-setPlaced far back
- sunkenDescended beneath water level
- shadowedFollowed covertly
obscured · concealed · tucked · hidden · nested · sheltered · screened · veiled
Recessed ceiling fixture
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
- can lightCylindrical recessed ceiling fixture
- track lightingAdjustable fixtures on ceiling rail
- ambientOf the surroundings
flush-mounted · LED panel · soffit · cove lighting · troffer · gimbal · trim · baffle
deep-set
Placed far back
cavernous · orbital · concave · depressed · inward · skeletal
grooved
Having linear indentations
embossed · debossed · notched · scored · chiseled · furrowed · fluted · stamped · imprinted · gouged
alcove
Recessed area in room
cubbyhole · compartment · cavity · inset · indentation · cutout · slot · pocket · enclosure · chamber
withdrawn
Emotionally distant, disengaged
shadowed · obscured · concealed · tucked · hidden · nested · sheltered · screened · veiled · behind
downlight
Recessed ceiling fixture
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
- can lightCylindrical recessed ceiling fixture
- track lightingAdjustable fixtures on ceiling rail
ambient · flush-mounted · LED panel · soffit · cove lighting · troffer · gimbal · trim · baffle · housing
- Building Adjectivesangular, arched, columned, domed, vaulted
- hollowed outscooped, gouged, carved, emptied, gutted
- installation typeswall mount, ceiling mount, freestanding, built-in, flush mount
- shape wordsround, circular, oval, angular, curved
- space saverswall bed, loft bed, bunk bed, trundle bed, futon
- spatial termscrowded, empty, spacious, cramped, open
recessedprotruding
Extending outward noticeably
projecting · jutting · bulging · sticking out · protuberant
- recessive traitGene expression requiring homozygosity
- dark recesses
- economic recessionSustained decline in output
- global recessionInternational economic decline
- recess bell
- recessed lightingIllumination installed within surfaces
recess, recession, recesses, recessive, recessing, recessively, recessiveness