n.
1.a state of abeyance or suspended business
2.a small concavity
3.an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
4.an enclosure that is set back or indented
5.a pause from doing something (as work) recess v.
1.put into a recess
2.make a recess in
3.close at the end of a session
Idiom of the Day
rub salt in (someone's) wound
to deliberately make someone's unhappiness or shame or misfortune worse
My supervisor rubbed salt in my wound when he continued to criticize me for my mistake.