One entry found for niche.

Entry Word: niche
Function: noun
Text: 1 a hollowed-out space in a wall <statues of various saints occupy the niches lining the abbey's many corridors>
Synonyms alcove, nook, recess
Related Words corner, cranny, cubbyhole; cubicle; dent, indentation
2 the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found <the platypus's niche is the waters of eastern Australia and Tasmania> -- see HOME 2