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niche
has definitions from the field of ecology
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[ noun ] a small concavity
Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)John closed his eyes and saw once_again the little niche in his mother 's bedroom , where she had knelt to tell the good Virgin of her needs . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an enclosure that is set back or indented
Synonyms Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)A_couple_of years back , I occupied a Village apartment whose outer staircase contained the type of niche called a `` coffin turn '' . |
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[ noun ] a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
Examples "he found his niche in the academic world" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)By dealing with common landscape in an uncommon way , Roy_Mason has found a particular niche in American landscape art . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
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