'Recessed' definitions:

Definition of 'recessed'

adjective

Having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look" [syn: deep-set, sunken, recessed]

adjective

Resembling an alcove

From: GCIDE

Recess \Re*cess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Recessing.] To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Recessed \Re*cessed"\ (r[-e]*s[e^]st"), a.
1. Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall. [1913 Webster]
2. Withdrawn; secluded. [R.] "Comfortably recessed from curious impertinents." --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. [1913 Webster]