niche
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6.7
- noun
- /nɪtʃ/
:
nicho
- The art gallery featured a niche with a stunning sculpture illuminated by spotlights.
- a wall niche
- niche containing a statue
- a window niche
Like it has that like little niche, like hidden like feel to it.
- Like it has that like little niche, like hidden like feel to it.
Examples
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Darla hid herself in a niche by the vestibule and waited for the building to empty.
Fiction book (1991) -
The walkways widened occasionally to form niches, in some places even whole rooms.
Fiction book (1992) -
In a special niche, with the skin stripped off and replaced by fine gold leaf.
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Shelves crammed with books stand in niches cut into the thick walls.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's a wicker basket sitting on the floor, tucked in a niche under Harry's main counter.
Fiction book (1998) -
In England, the wall surface dissolves into lacy configurations of niches and baldachins containing sculptured figures.
Academic text (2000) -
The statue was beautifully displayed in a niche carved into the wall.
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She placed her favorite book in a small niche on the shelf to keep it safe.
Synonyms
14
3.8
A small empty space or dip in something
9
4.3
A small hollow space set back into a wall or rock
1
7.5
A small hollow in a surface that can hold water
1
9.9
A small cupboard set into a wall in a church or old house for storing things
A small space in a wall used to show a statue or ornament
A small space set aside to hold or hide something
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.8
The role a species plays in its environment, including how it finds food and lives with other species
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Niche comes from an old French word that meant a small 'nest' and from Latin nidus 'nest'. So a niche is a little hollow in a wall where you can put or 'nest' a statue.