Recess | Mean of recess in English Dictionary

/ˈriːˌsɛs/

• Noun
• a short period of time during the school day when children can play
1. The students play outside after lunch and at/during recess.
2. Do you have morning recess?
• a usually brief period of time during which regular activity in a court of law or in a government stops
1. The judge called for a recess [=break] for lunch.
2. The Senate debates will continue after the August recess.
3. The Senate wanted to vote on the bill before recess.
• a dark, hidden place or part
1. the dark recesses of the forest
2. He buried the memory in the deepest recesses of his mind.

• a part of a wall that is set back from the rest of the wall
• Verb
• to stop regular activity in a court of law or in a government for a usually short period of time
1. The trial recessed for the holidays.
2. The judge decided to recess the trial for the holidays.