recessed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: recessed	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recessed adj having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look" Synonym(s): deep-set, sunken, recessed resembling an alcove
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 \Recessed"\, a. 1. Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed* arch or wall. 2. Withdrawn; secluded. [R.] [bd]Comfortably recessed from curious impertinents.[b8] --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.