RECESS

Definition of RECESS

  1. (noun)a state of abeyance or suspended business
  2. (noun)a small concavity
  3. (noun)an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
  4. (noun)an enclosure that is set back or indented
  5. (noun)a pause from doing something (as work)
  6. (verb)put into a recess
  7. (verb)make a recess in
  8. (verb)close at the end of a session