niche

Noun
  1. A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it (synset 113949201)
    "he found his niche in the academic world"
    is a type of: place, station - proper or designated social situation
  2. A small concavity (synset 113895060)
    is a type of: concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward
    subtypes: pharyngeal recess - a small recess in the wall of the pharynx
    same as: corner, recess, recession
  3. An enclosure that is set back or indented (synset 104069081)
    is a type of: enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
    subtypes:
    • alcove, bay - a small recess opening off a larger room
    • apse, apsis - a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
    • cinerarium, columbarium - a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
    • fireplace, hearth, open fireplace - an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
    • mihrab - (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca
    same as: recess
  4. (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species) (synset 113947369)
    referred to in: bionomics, ecology, environmental science - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
    is a type of: condition, status - a state at a particular time
    same as: ecological niche

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