Definition of "recessed" in English

adjective

1. Set back; located in a hole, space, or opening.

2. withdrawn; secluded

   • 1809-1812, Maria Edgeworth, "Manoeuvring", in Tales of Fashionable Life comfortably recessed from curious impertinents

3. having a recess or nook

verb

1. simple past and past participle of recess