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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>Synonymsalcove, nook, recessRelated Wordscorner, 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

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