Definitions For Recess

noun

  • A pause from doing something (as work)
  • An enclosure that is set back or indented
  • An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
  • A small concavity
  • A state of abeyance or suspended business
  • A short period of time during the school day when children can play
  • A usually brief period of time during which regular activity in a court of law or in a government stops
  • A dark, hidden place or part

verb

  • Close at the end of a session
  • Make a recess in
  • Put into a recess
  • To stop regular activity in a court of law or in a government for a usually short period of time

Is Recesses a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
11

The word Recess is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Recess in a Sentence

  • The students play outside after lunch and at recess.
  • Do you have morning recess?
  • The Senate debates will continue after the August recess.
  • The trial recessed for the holidays.
  • The judge decided to recess the trial for the holidays.

Synonyms for Recess

Antonyms for Recesses

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