recessing
Creating a niche
Recessing is the act of taking a recess or creating a recess.
When a court or legislative body recesses, it temporarily suspends proceedings: The judge announced they would be recessing for lunch.
In construction and design, recessing means setting something back into a surface or wall, creating a niche or indentation: They're recessing the lighting fixtures into the ceiling.
The term applies equally to formal breaks and physical insets.
Recessed area in room
- nicheRecessed wall space
- setbackReverse in progress
- indentationInward cut or setback
- insetEmbedded smaller image
cavity · bay · apse · inglenook · coving · embrasure · notch · hollow
Recessing fastener heads flush
- embeddingPlacing within surrounding mass
- mortisingCutting recessed wood joints
- sinkingFalling through water
- settingContext of events
fitting · routing · milling · boring · notching · seating · socketing · rabbeting
Temporary suspension of proceedings
- postponementDelaying to later
- breakInterrupt continuity
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
prorogation · hiatus · pause · deferral · continuance · tabling · delay · halting
alcove
Recessed area in room
- nicheRecessed wall space
- setbackReverse in progress
- indentationInward cut or setback
inset · cavity · bay · apse · inglenook · coving · embrasure · notch · hollow · chamber
countersinking
Recessing fastener heads flush
- embeddingPlacing within surrounding mass
- mortisingCutting recessed wood joints
- sinkingFalling through water
setting · fitting · routing · milling · boring · notching · seating · socketing · rabbeting · grooving
adjournment
Temporary suspension of proceedings
- postponementDelaying to later
- breakInterrupt continuity
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
suspension · prorogation · hiatus · pause · deferral · continuance · tabling · delay · halting · interlude
canned
Sealed for preservation
- downlightRecessed ceiling fixture
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
- soffitArchitectural element's underside
trim · housing · canister · gimbal · baffle · eyeball · ceiling · ambient · directional · LED
recessingprotruding
Extending outward noticeably
projecting · extending · jutting · bulging · sticking out
recessingreconvening
Meeting again after pause
convening · resuming · continuing · reassembling · calling to order
- recessive traitGene expression requiring homozygosity
- economic recessionSustained decline in output
- global recessionInternational economic decline
- Great RecessionMajor 2008 economic decline
- recessive genesAlleles expressed only when paired
- gum recessionLoss of gum tissue