recess
ri ses
- n a state of abeyance or suspended business
- n a small concavity
- n an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- n an enclosure that is set back or indented
- n a pause from doing something (as work)
- v put into a recess
recess lights - v make a recess in
recess the piece of wood - v close at the end of a session
- The punt on health care reform comes so soon before the August recess because completing the legislative push was beginning to prove impossible before the recess.
- Members strike agreement with party leaders to hold off on a full House vote on health care until after August recess.
- The school has forbidden tag--as well as touch football and all other "chase" games--during recess, a move that made national headlines.