Definitions for: Recessed


[adj] resembling an alcove
[adj] having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"



Webster (1913) 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 Withdrawn; secluded.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.

Synonyms: concave, deep-set, hollow, sunken

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