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The correct spelling is recesses.
How to pronounce recesses
noun
Say it like: Res-ess-es
The correct spelling is recesses. A break, pause or vacation. For example: "Spring recess offers a good chance to travel."
Usage Examples
“Spring recess offers a good chance to travel.”
“Put a generous recess behind the handle for finger space.”
“Students who do not listen in class will not play outside during recess.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A break, pause or vacation.
- 2.An inset, hole, space or opening.
- 3.A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground; break, playtime.
- 4.A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
- 5.A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat.
verb
- 1.To inset into something, or to recede.
- 2.To take or declare a break.
- 3.To appoint, with a recess appointment.
- 4.To make a recess in.
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