| Pronunciation: | | rus'est
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- [adj] resembling an alcove
- [adj] having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"
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RECESSED is a 8 letter word that starts with R. |
| | Synonyms: | | concave, deep-set, hollow, sunken |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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 Withdrawn; secluded.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.
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