recessed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb put into a recess
    recess.
    • recess lights
  2. verb make a recess in
    recess.
    • recess the piece of wood
  3. verb close at the end of a session
    adjourn; recess; break up.
    • The court adjourned
  4. adjective satellite having a sunken area
    deep-set; sunken.
    • hunger gave their faces a sunken look
  5. adjective satellite resembling an alcove

WordNet

Re*cessed" adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.
  2. Withdrawn; secluded. R. "Comfortably recessed from curious impertinents." Miss Edgeworth.

Webster 1913