to recess

Examples

• All

• A lone street lamp illuminates the corner, including a small, recessed alcove where a staircase leads up from below.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The blinds over the windows were drawn, and one of the recessed bars of fluorescent light had burned out.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I want this to be flush, so I want to cut a little recess so this surface and this edge is flush.

• I'll use a Japanese saw and chisels to create a recess which will receive the new wood.

• So the thought process is if I lay it in, we cut the metal, bend it, put another recess in there so that it can sink down into it.

• You can cut the general outline of this shape, but to have a perfect recess, that's why you go with milling.

• You simply make a recess with a forcing bit and attach a screw with the head small enough that it can stay flush with the fastener.

• Birch took refuge from the rain in the recessed entrance of a shuttered shop.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The basement had been redone, with rows of saltwater tanks recessed in the paneled walls.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I need to recess the edges of this wooden panel so it fits perfectly into the frame.

Synonyms

D

to dimple

vsto recess

5 4.1

To make a small rounded dip on a surface

is the general act of hollowing or fitting rather than tiny dents

I

to inset

vsto recess

1 7.4

To put something into a space so it sits level with the surface

is broader meaning to make a hollow or fit into it

I

to indent

vsto recess

1 3.4

To make a small dent in a surface by hitting or pressing it

is about creating a hollow or fitting something into it not edge cuts

F

to French

vsto recess

• Specialized

9.8

To set a part so it sits slightly inside a surface, like a car headlight

is the general act of making or fitting into a hollow

C

to counterbore

vsto recess

• Specialized

8.3

To make the top of a hole wider so a screw head sits below the surface

focuses on making space for hardware rather than general hollowing

Compounds

P

pharyngeal recess

• Specialized

9.9

A small pocket at the side of the throat near the opening of the ear tube

How Deep

to excavate

10 6.0

to recess

6 7.4

to indent

1 3.4

Surface Forms

Etymology