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US
/ˈɹiˈsɛst, ɹɪˈsɛst/
]
[ UK /ɹˈiːsɛst/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈiːsɛst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
having a sunken area
hunger gave their faces a sunken look - resembling an alcove
How To Use recessed In A Sentence
- The guest bedroom with a deep, recessed window to the front also benefits from en suite facilities and a fitted wardrobe.
- The units will have fully fitted offices with suspended ceilings, recessed lighting, painted and plastered walls, perimeter trunking and gas fired central heating.
- Original walls over 2m thick and deeply recessed small windows moderate internal temperatures.
- If the wood is thicker than three-fourths of an inch, you can either substitute longer screws or counterbore the interior surface of the door or drawer so that the screw head is recessed into the wood.
- With the rise of private Masses, chapels began to bulge out from the laterals of the church and altars began to be recessed against the walls.
- Another popular style of headboard has a recessed panel framed on the sides and top with a molding.
- The accommodation includes an entrance hall with polished timber flooring, ceiling coving, recessed lighting and understairs storage.
- There is recessed spot lighting in the room, the walls of which are partly tiled.
- Book - matched and quartered cherry veneer recessed panel in base.
- The treatment rooms are small, but chicly decorated, with recessed lighting, slate walls and floors, and heated tables. Times, Sunday Times