Recessed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Recess \Re*cess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recessed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Recessing}.]
     To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Recessed \Re*cessed"\ (r[-e]*s[e^]st"), a.
     1. Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.
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     2. Withdrawn; secluded. [R.] "Comfortably recessed from
        curious impertinents." --Miss Edgeworth.
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     {Recessed arch} (Arch.), one of a series of arches
        constructed one within another so as to correspond with
        splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  recessed
       adj 1: having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken
              look" [syn: {deep-set}, {sunken}]
       2: resembling an alcove