recess

A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.

Put a generous recess behind the handle for finger space.

[T]he Sun, the great eye of the vvorld, prying into the receſſes of rocks, and the hollovvneſſe of valleys, receives ſpecies, or viſible forms from theſe objects, but he beholds them onely by that light vvhich proceeds from himſelf: […]

A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.

[T]he Harmony, Proportion and Beauty of Buildings are equally admirable, vvhether they be executed in plain Free-ſtone, or the moſt beautiful Marble; vvhether the Carvings or Mouldings be gilt or not; the Receſſes or Panels in the VValls be curiouſly painted, or only plaiſter'd.

My uncle now clambered on top of the half score of mattresses which form a French bed, and which stood in a deep recess; […]

A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.

A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.

The recesses of the forest answered well the purposes of concealment, and Lucy was useful both as an unsuspected messenger, and also for the intelligence she was able to obtain.

[I]n the recesses of the palace her mysterious figure was at once invisible and omnipresent.

A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.

[U]s hitherto this Corner and ſecret receſſe hath defended, novv the Vttermoſt point of our Land is laid open: and things the leſſe they haue beene vvithin knovvledge, the greater the glorie is to atchieue them.

[T]hy tidings bring, / Departure from this happy place, our ſweet / Receſs, and onely conſolation left / Familiar to our eyes, all places elſe / Inhoſpitable appeer and deſolate, […]

Of a place or time: distant, remote.

[…] I ſhould think it beſt in the ſubſequent diſcourſes to begin to examine vvhether the Earth be eſteemed immoveable, as it hath been till novv believed by moſt men, or elſe moveable, as ſome ancient Philoſophers held, and others of not very receſſe times vvere of opinion; and if it be moveable, to enquire of vvhat kind its motion may be?

To position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.

His house stood recessed from the road, and the stables, which are to a farm what a fireplace is to a house, were behind, their lower portions being lost amid bushes of laurel.

It will also enable slower-moving freight trains to be recessed in the new down goods loop to await, if necessary, a suitable margin before proceeding to Stafford or Stoke and so reduce confliction with other main-line trains.

To make a recess (noun noun sense 1 and noun sense 1.1) in (something).

to recess a wall

Often preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche.

That gargoyle recesses into the rest of architecture.

Recess the screw so it does not stick out.

To conceal, to hide.

Get near fat Mr. Dutton, and behind the screen of his prodigious elbow, you will be comfortably recessed from curious impertinents.

To temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).

When Congress is recessed, he makes himself acquainted with those free United States, of which he is the gifted son.