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recessed |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recess \Re*cess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recessed}; p. pr & vb n. {Recessing}.] To make a recess in as to recess a wall. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recessed \Re*cessed"\, a. 1. Having a recess or recesses; as a recessed arch or wall. 2. Withdrawn; secluded. [R.] ``Comfortably recessed from curious impertinents.'' --Miss Edgeworth. {Recessed arch} (Arch.), one of a series of arches constructed one within another so as to correspond with splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recessed adj 1: having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look" [syn: {deep-set}, {sunken}] 2: resembling an alcove
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