Collocations for recess - noun

August (AmE), Christmas (esp. BrE), Easter (esp. AmE), holiday (AmE), summer, Whitsun (BrE), winter (AmE)
Congress returns from its August recess Tuesday.
Parliament is taking the Christmas recess a little early this year.
The bill has to be passed before the holiday recess.

congressional, parliamentary
brief, short (both esp. AmE)
The court will take a brief recess while the witness composes herself.

month-long, two-month, week-long, etc.

go into, rise for (BrE,formal), stand in (AmE,formal), take
The Senate will go into recess after Thanksgiving.
Parliament is due to rise for the summer recess on July 20.
The Florida court stands in recess.

return from
call
The judge called a short recess.

in recess
Congress has been in recess for over a month.
The decision cannot be made while the council is in recess.

lunch

spend
have
We had lunch and then we had recess.

bell
time
I believe kids need more recess time.

at recess
He wouldn't play with me at recess.

deep
shallow, small
dark
window

create

in recess, inside recess
blinds fitted inside a window recess

recess in
There are small recesses in the wall beside the door.

dark, deep, dim
He stared into the dark recesses of the room.

far, inner, innermost (figurative)
He searched the innermost recesses of his soul.

hidden

hide in, lurk in (figurative)
fears lurking deep in the recesses of our minds

push sth into, push sth to (both figurative)
I had continually pushed my doubts to the darker recesses of my mind.

in the recess of, within the recess of
The statue was in the inner recesses of the temple.

the recesses of your brain, heart, soul, etc. (figurative)