recess

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

re·cess (rēʹsĕs', rĭ-sĕsʹ)n.
1.
a. A temporary cessation of the customary activities of an engagement, occupation, or pursuit.
b. The period of such cessation. See Synonyms at pause.
2. A remote, secret, or secluded place. Often used in the plural.
3.
a. An indentation or small hollow.
b. An alcove.v. re·cessed, re·cess·ing, re·cess·esv. tr.
1. To place in a recess.
2. To create or fashion a recess in:
recessed a portion of the wall.
3. To suspend for a recess:
The committee chair recessed the hearings.v. intr.
To take a recess:
The investigators recessed for lunch. [Latin recessus, retreat, from past participle of recēdere, to recede. See recede¹.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  respite, break, time out, niche, inlet, recession, corner, deferral, adjourn, break up