- Types Of Speech
- You can use recess as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Recess
- A 2 syllables noun and 6 letters with the letters c, e, r, and s, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ce. Recess starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters r, re, rec, rece, reces, and the ending characters are s, ss, ess, cess, ecess, . Recess is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- A pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Recess is set as a grade five word that starts with r, ends with s, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is recess a scrabble word? A 8 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Recess in Pig Latin is said as "ecessray or ecessrway".
- Unigram
- r | e | c | e | s | s
- Bigram
- re | ec | ce | es | ss
- Trigram
- rec | ece | ces | ess
- Quadrigram
- rece | eces | cess
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a pause from doing something (as work);
"we took a 10-minute break";
"he took time out to recuperate" - 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
- Verb Examples
- close at the end of a session;
"The court adjourned" - make a recess in;
"recess the piece of wood" - put into a recess;
"recess lights"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abeyance | temporary cessation or suspension |
| Abreaction | (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions |
| Absolution | the act of absolving or remitting formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance |
| Accede | to agree or express agreement "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" |
| Adjourn | close at the end of a session "The court adjourned" |
| Adytum | |
| Afterthought | an addition that was not included in the original plan "the garage was an afterthought" |
| Alcove | a small recess opening off a larger room |
| Alleviation | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" |
| Apartheid | a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites the former official policy in South Africa |
View all cognitive synonyms for Recess
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Recess | a pause from doing something (as work) "we took a 10-minute break" "he took time out to recuperate" |
View English words with the unique letters used in recess. Words With The Letters Cers
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adjourn | close at the end of a session "The court adjourned" |
| Break | an escape from jail "the breakout was carefully planned" |
| Break Up | |
| Intermit | cease an action temporarily "We pause for station identification" "let''s break for lunch" |
| Pause | temporary inactivity |
| Recess | a pause from doing something (as work) "we took a 10-minute break" "he took time out to recuperate" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pause | temporary inactivity |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Spring Break |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rescue (6 letters) | 8 | 10 +1 | ceersu | ||
| Caress (6 letters) | 8 | 9 | caress | ||
| Recess (6 letters) | 8 | 9 | recess | ||
| Syracuse (8 letters) | 13 +5 | 14 +5 | syracuse | ||
| Crest (5 letters) | 7 | 8 | crest | ||
| Cerastes (8 letters) | 10 +2 | 11 +2 | cerastes | ||
| Carcase (7 letters) | 11 +3 | 13 +4 | carcase | ||
| Ceras (5 letters) | 7 | 8 | acres | ||
| Cervus (6 letters) | 11 +3 | 14 +5 | cersuv | ||
| Braces (6 letters) | 10 +2 | 12 +3 | braces | ||
| Car Seat (8 letters) | |||||
| Caster (6 letters) | 8 | 9 | traces | ||
| Cruse (5 letters) | 7 | 9 | sucre | ||
| Saucer (6 letters) | 8 | 10 +1 | ucares | ||
| Creese (6 letters) | 8 | 9 | creese | ||
| Crease (6 letters) | 8 | 9 | crease | ||
| Scarer (6 letters) | 8 | 9 | scarer | ||
| Scarf (5 letters) | 10 +2 | 11 +2 | scarf | ||
| Scrubber (8 letters) | 14 +6 | 18 +9 | scrubber | ||
| Secrecy (7 letters) | 14 +6 | 15 +6 | secrecy | ||
| Rectus (6 letters) | 8 | 10 +1 | custer | ||
| Secreter (8 letters) | 10 +2 | 11 +2 | secreter | ||
| Tear Sac (8 letters) | |||||
| Secret (6 letters) | 8 | 9 | ceerst | ||
| Excursus (8 letters) | 17 +9 | 20 +11 | cerssuux |
Recess Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With R
- Ends With S
- Spelled With / Contains Letters

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