recesses
Breaks between sessions
Recesses are hidden, inner, or remote areas—the parts that are set back or hard to reach.
The word often carries a sense of depth or secrecy: the dark recesses of his mind, the recesses of the cave.
In architecture, a recess is an alcove or indentation in a wall.
In legislative bodies, recesses are breaks in session.
For schoolchildren, recess is the outdoor break period—recesses being multiple such breaks or the plural in general usage.
Recessed wall space
- nookSheltered corner or alcove
- crannyNarrow opening in surface
- cubbyholeSmall enclosed storage space
- creviceNarrow opening in surface
indentation · inglenook · chamber · grotto · cavity · hollow · bay · compartment
State of being alone
- isolationComplete separation from others
- privacyFreedom from observation
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
refuge · haven · withdrawal · quietude · peace · tranquility · hideaway · hermitage
Scheduled performance pause
- intervalDuration between two points
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- hiatusBreak in activity
- breatherBrief period of rest
downtime · rest · lull · interlude · pause · time-out · adjournment · halftime
Lowest or innermost regions
- innermostMost deeply internal
- interiorInside area or region
- furthestMost remote in space
- deepFar from surface
remote · shadows · corners · concealed · obscure · secret · private · inner
Temporary suspension of proceedings
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- prorogationFormal legislative recess
- conveningFormally gathering together
lawmakers · legislature · committee · chamber · Capitol · Westminster · dissolution
niche
Recessed wall space
crevice · indentation · inglenook · chamber · grotto · cavity · hollow · bay · compartment · oriel
solitude
State of being alone
- isolationComplete separation from others
- privacyFreedom from observation
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
sanctuary · refuge · haven · withdrawal · quietude · peace · tranquility · hideaway · hermitage · cloister
intermission
Scheduled performance pause
breather · downtime · rest · lull · interlude · pause · time-out · adjournment · halftime · suspension
depths
Lowest or innermost regions
deep · remote · shadows · corners · concealed · obscure · secret · private · inner · dark
adjournment
Temporary suspension of proceedings
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- prorogationFormal legislative recess
convening · lawmakers · legislature · committee · chamber · Capitol · Westminster · dissolution
playground
Children's outdoor recreation space
- schoolyardOutdoor area at school
- gamesOrganized competitive activities
- funAmusement or pleasure
recreation · swingset · tag · hopscotch · kickball · dodgeball · children · laughter · freeplay · ballgames
- compartmentscompartments, cubbies, cubbyholes, pigeonholes, niches
- irregularitiesbumps, dents, ridges, grooves, ripples
- conventionsconvention, conventions, delegates, conference, attendee
- official recordsbirth certificate, government documents, birth certificates, death certificate, death certificates
- downtimebreak, breaks, nap, rest, relaxation
- legislaturebill, senators, senator, state legislature, legislators
recessesprotrusions
Things that jut out
projections · bulges · protuberances · outcroppings · bumps
recessesexterior
Outer portion
surface · forefront · exteriors · foreground · periphery
recessesbeginnings
Initial stages of something
forefront · surface · immediacy · present moment · conscious awareness
- 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, recessed, recessive, recessing, recessively, recessiveness