1. A recess in a wall, as for holding a statue or urn. 2. A cranny, hollow, or crevice, as in rock. 3a. A situation or activity specially suited to a person's interests, abilities, or nature: found her niche in life.b. A special area of demand for a product or service: “One niche that is approaching mass-market proportions is held by regional magazines” (Brad Edmondson). 4.Ecologya. The function or position of an organism or population within an ecological community. b. The particular area within a habitat occupied by an organism.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: niched, nich·ing, nich·es To place in a niche.
ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French, from nichier, to nest (from Vulgar Latin *ndicre, from Latin ndus, nest; see sed- in Appendix I) or from Old Italian nicchio, seashell (perhaps from Latin mtulus, mussel).
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