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# niche

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

«niche» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A niche is a small hollow or alcove built into a wall, often to hold a statue or ornament. [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#m4)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#x1)
- After trying many sports, he found his niche in swimming. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#x3)
- Collecting bottle caps is a niche hobby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#x4)
- The shop sells niche toys you can't find anywhere else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/#x5)
- Every animal in the pond has its own niche. [tree →](https://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://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «niche» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«niche» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/niche.html) on Mova free.