recess
English Thesaurus
1. a pause from doing something (as work) (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | pause, |
| definition | : | temporary inactivity (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | spring break, |
| definition | : | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school (noun.act) |
2. an enclosure that is set back or indented (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | enclosure, |
| definition | : | a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | alcove, bay, |
| definition | : | a small recess opening off a larger room (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | apse, apsis, |
| definition | : | a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cinerarium, columbarium, |
| definition | : | a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | fireplace, hearth, open fireplace, |
| definition | : | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mihrab, |
| definition | : | (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca (noun.artifact) |
3. an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | body of water, water, |
| definition | : | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | cove, |
| definition | : | a small inlet (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | fiord, fjord, |
| definition | : | a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | loch, |
| definition | : | a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked) (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | bristol channel, |
| definition | : | an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | white sea, |
| definition | : | a large inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwestern part of European Russia (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | zuider zee, |
| definition | : | a former inlet of the North Sea in the northern coast of the Netherlands; sealed off from the sea in 1932 by a dam that created the IJsselmeer (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | lake, |
| definition | : | a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | sea, |
| definition | : | a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land (noun.object) |
4. a small concavity (noun.shape)
| hyponym | : | pharyngeal recess, |
| definition | : | a small recess in the wall of the pharynx (noun.body) |
5. a state of abeyance or suspended business (noun.state)
6. close at the end of a session (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | cease, end, finish, stop, terminate, |
| definition | : | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical (verb.stative) |
7. make a recess in (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | indent, |
| definition | : | notch the edge of or make jagged (verb.contact) |
8. put into a recess (verb.contact)
9. a pause from doing something (as work) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | break, intermit, pause, |
| definition | : | cease an action temporarily (verb.communication) |
10. an enclosure that is set back or indented (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | recess, |
| definition | : | put into a recess (verb.contact) |
11. a small concavity (noun.shape)
| derivation | : | recess, |
| definition | : | make a recess in (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | recess, |
| definition | : | put into a recess (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | corner, tree, |
| definition | : | force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape (verb.motion) |
12. close at the end of a session (verb.change)
13. make a recess in (verb.contact)
14. put into a recess (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | niche, recess, |
| definition | : | an enclosure that is set back or indented (noun.artifact) |
15. a pause from doing something (as work) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | break, intermit, pause, |
| definition | : | cease an action temporarily (verb.communication) |
16. an enclosure that is set back or indented (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | recess, |
| definition | : | put into a recess (verb.contact) |
17. a small concavity (noun.shape)
| derivation | : | recess, |
| definition | : | make a recess in (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | recess, |
| definition | : | put into a recess (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | corner, tree, |
| definition | : | force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape (verb.motion) |
18. close at the end of a session (verb.change)
19. make a recess in (verb.contact)
20. put into a recess (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | niche, recess, |
| definition | : | an enclosure that is set back or indented (noun.artifact) |
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