recess

1. (countable)A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.

   Put a generous recess behind the handle for finger space.

2. A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.

   (countable, uncountable)A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche.

3. (countable, usually plural, slang, uncountable)The place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.

4. (countable)A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.

5. A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.

   (countable, figuratively, usually plural, uncountable)An obscure, remote, or secret situation.

   the difficulties and recesses of science

6. (countable)A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.

   Spring recess offers a good chance to travel.

7. A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.

   (countable, uncountable)A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.

8. (Australia, Canada, Philippines, UK, US, countable, uncountable)A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.

   Students who do not listen in class will not play outside during recess.

   переме́наpereména

9. (countable, historical)A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.

10. (countable)An overall-concave, reentrant section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.

11. (countable)An extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. articular recess, peritoneal recess,...)

    Ausbuchtung

12. A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.

    (archaic, countable, uncountable)A place of retirement, retreat, or seclusion.

1. The students are having a recess now.

   У студентів зараз перерва.

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2. May we have a short recess?

   ruМы можем сделать небольшой перерыв?

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3. Tom's lawyers asked the judge for a recess.

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4. The judge called for a recess of two hours.

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5. Tom's favorite things at school are lunch and recess.

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