niche.

1. A recess in a wall, often used to hold an ornament, statue, or other object.

2. A position, activity, or market segment especially suited to someone or something.

3. The role and conditions through which an organism lives and interacts with its environment.

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Words that belong together

• statue niche
• recessed niche

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A chipped figure stood in the niche beside the doorway.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Singular niche; plural niches. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.