Meaning

3 senses
  1. Set back; located in a hole, space, or opening.

  2. Withdrawn; secluded

    1809-1812, Maria Edgeworth, "Manoeuvring", in Tales of Fashionable Life comfortably recessed from curious impertinents

  3. Having a recess or nook

    having a sunken area

Translations

1 languages

Forms

further recessed/farther recessed, furthest recessed/farthest recessed

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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