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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Niche  \Niche\,  n.  [F.,  fr  It  nicchia  prop.,  a  shell-like 
  recess  in  a  wall,  fr  nicchio  a  shellfish,  mussel,  fr  L. 
  mytilus.] 
  A  cavity,  hollow,  or  recess,  generally  within  the  thickness 
  of  a  wall,  for  a  statue,  bust,  or  other  erect  ornament. 
  hence  any  similar  position,  literal  or  figurative. 
 
  Images  defended  from  the  injuries  of  the  weather  by 
  niches  of  stone  wherein  they  are  placed.  --Evelun. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  niche 
  n  1:  a  position  particularly  well  suited  to  the  person  who 
  occupies  it  "he  found  his  niche  in  the  academic  world" 
  2:  a  small  concavity  [syn:  {recess},  {recession},  {corner}] 
  3:  a  space  set  back  or  indented  [syn:  {recess}] 
  4:  (ecology)  the  status  of  an  organism  within  its  environment 
  and  community  (affecting  its  survival  as  a  species) 




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