recess

/rɪˈses/ noun

Definition

NOT WORKING [C, U] › a time in the day or in the year when a parliament or law court is not working: a parliamentary/congressional recess The court is in recess for thirty minutes.

SCHOOL [C, U] US (UK break) › a period of free time between classes at school: At recess the boys would fight.

WALL [C] › a part of a wall in a room that is further back than the rest of the wall

(Definition of recess noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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