English edit

Adjective edit

recessed (comparative further recessed, superlative furthest recessed)

  1. Set back; located in a hole, space, or opening.
    Coordinate term: inset (adj)
    • 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:
      Sun blinds (recessed in a pelmet) were provided for all windows, except in the corridors.
  2. withdrawn; secluded
    • 1809-1812, Maria Edgeworth, "Manoeuvring", in Tales of Fashionable Life
      comfortably recessed from curious impertinents
  3. having a recess or nook

Verb edit

recessed

  1. simple past and past participle of recess

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