recessed

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective recessed has 2 senses

recessed(s = adj.all) deep-set, sunken - having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"
recessed(s = adj.all) Array - resembling an alcove; Array

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CIDE DICTIONARY

recessed, a.

Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall. [1913 Webster]
Withdrawn; secluded. Miss Edgeworth. [1913 Webster]

Recessed arch (Arch.), one of a series of arches constructed one within another so as to correspond with splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.