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# niche

«niche» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small hollow or alcove built into a wall, often to hold…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a niche, niches); adjective (niche — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A niche is a small hollow or alcove built into a wall, often to hold a statue or ornament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#m1)

2) A niche is a job, place or activity that suits someone perfectly: «She found her niche in drama». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#m2)

3) (science) An ecological niche is the role and place a living thing has in its habitat: what it eats, where it lives, how it survives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#m3)

4) (informal, business) Niche describes something that only a small group of people like or buy: a niche hobby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons different species avoid competing because they fill different niches. In church and history lessons statues of saints stand in niches. In everyday talk a niche interest is something unusual, like collecting train tickets. Phrases: «find your niche», «a niche market», «ecological niche».

### examples

- A small statue stood in a niche in the church wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#x1)
- After trying many sports, he found his niche in swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#x2)
- Owls and hawks hunt at different times, so they fill different niches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#x3)
- Collecting bottle caps is a niche hobby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#x4)
- The shop sells niche toys you can't find anywhere else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#x5)
- Every animal in the pond has its own niche. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#x6)
- Walk on till you come to a niche in a terrace where stands a lighted lamp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#x7)

### note

Said «neesh» (UK, most common) or «nitch» (US, also common). Plural «niches». As an adjective («a niche hobby») it is informal.

### In the corpora

- [The letters of CHIEN can be rearranged into NICHE, and une niche is a dog's kennel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «niche» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.