recess

/ɹɪ.ˈsɛs/

noun

1
A break, pause or vacation.
“Spring recess offers a good chance to travel.”
2
An inset, hole, space or opening.
“Put a generous recess behind the handle for finger space.”
3
A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground; break, playtime.
“Students who do not listen in class will not play outside during recess.”
4
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
5
A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat.
“the recess of the tides”
6
The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
7
A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
8
A secret or abstruse part.
“the difficulties and recesses of science”
9
A sinus.

1
To inset into something, or to recede.
“Recess the screw so it does not stick out.”
2
To take or declare a break.
“Class will recess for 20 minutes.”
3
To appoint, with a recess appointment.
4
To make a recess in.
“to recess a wall”

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