Niche - English meaning

noun

A recess in the wall of a room or garden.

Usage examples:

Large social gatherings usually take place in a special room with two alcoves built into a wall.

noun

A small space in a room, formed by one part of a wall being further back than the parts on each side

Usage examples:

We've put some bookshelves in the alcove.

noun

An opening, hole, or gap.

Usage examples:

The bell ropes passed through apertures in the ceiling

noun

A small and often narrow opening, especially one that allows light into a camera

noun

A broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inwards.

Usage examples:

A boat trip round the bay

noun

An evergreen mediterranean shrub with deep green leaves and purple berries. its aromatic leaves are used in cooking and were formerly used to make triumphal crowns for victors.

Usage examples:

The experiment (conducted may - june 2000) tested whole and torn leaves from 10 bay trees, 10 oak t…

noun

A space created by a window line projecting outwards from a wall.

Usage examples:

Each window projects as a bay, with a base low enough to sit on and wide enough to serve as a gener…

noun

The action or sound of calling.

Usage examples:

The calling of a cuckoo

verb

Cry out (a word or words).

Usage examples:

He heard an insistent voice calling his name

noun

An empty space within a solid object.

Usage examples:

The abdominal cavity

noun

A hole in a surface or a hollow inside something

Usage examples:

The abdominal/chest cavity

noun

A small, narrow space or opening.

Usage examples:

Bugs and spiders conceal themselves in crannies of the bark

noun

A small, narrow opening in something solid

Usage examples:

There were small plants growing in every nook and cranny of the wall.

noun

A small enclosed space or room.

Usage examples:

She works in a cubbyhole next to his office

noun

A very small room or space

noun

An activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing.

Usage examples:

Bridges perform the function of providing access across water

verb

Work or operate in a proper or particular way.

Usage examples:

Her liver is functioning normally

noun

A purpose or duty, or the way something or someone works

Usage examples:

[ u ] the function of the veins is to carry blood to the heart., [ c ] one of your functions as rec…

adjective

Having a hole or empty space inside.

Usage examples:

A hollow metal tube

noun

A hole or depression in something.

Usage examples:

A hollow at the base of a large tree

verb

Form by making a hole.

Usage examples:

A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

noun

A paid position of regular employment.

Usage examples:

The scheme could create 200 jobs

verb

Do casual or occasional work.

Usage examples:

He left school and jobbed around as a car parts salesman, warehouseman, and removal man

noun

An act of prodding, thrusting, or wrenching.

noun

A profession or occupation.

Usage examples:

The boy must begin to learn his métier as heir to the throne

noun

The type of work that you have a natural ability to do well

Usage examples:

Although he had been initially reluctant to give up the law, he found his metier in business.

noun

A niche in the wall of a mosque, at the point nearest to mecca, towards which the congregation faces to pray.

Usage examples:

The mosque contains, in its eastern wall, the mihrab, an ornamented niche that points toward mecca …

noun

A corner or recess, especially one offering seclusion or security.

Usage examples:

The nook beside the fire

noun

A small space that is hidden or partly sheltered

noun

A space or gap that allows passage or access.

Usage examples:

An opening in the roof would get rid of the smoke

adjective

Coming at the beginning of something; initial.

Usage examples:

She stole the show with her opening remark

verb

Move (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and vision.

Usage examples:

She opened the door and went in

noun

A time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.

Usage examples:

Increased opportunities for export

noun

An occasion or situation which makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of doing something

Usage examples:

[ c ] she was given the opportunity to manage a day-care center., [ c ] the university is not provi…

noun

An occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of doing something

Usage examples:

An opportunity to do sth there will be an opportunity to discuss the matter again next week., an op…

noun

A small recess for a domestic pigeon to nest in.

Usage examples:

It's fortunate that they set up those pigeonholes because some of the pigeons have come home to roo…

verb

Assign to a particular category, typically an overly restrictive one.

Usage examples:

I was pigeonholed as a ‘youth writer’

verb

To put someone or something into a group or type, often unfairly

Usage examples:

He’s was pigeonholed early on in his career as a gospel singer.

noun

A particular position, point, or area in space; a location.

Usage examples:

I can't be in two places at once

verb

Put in a particular position.

Usage examples:

A newspaper had been placed beside my plate

noun

An area, town, building, etc.

Usage examples:

Her garden was a cool pleasant place to sit., what was the name of that place we drove through on t…

noun

A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest.

Usage examples:

A table set into a recess

verb

Attach (a fitment) by setting it back into the wall or surface to which it is fixed.

Usage examples:

The lights are going to be recessed into the ceiling

noun

A period of time in which an organized activity such as study or work is temporarily stopped

Usage examples:

Congress returns from its august recess next week., after lunch, the kids have recess., he pointed …

noun

A long, narrow cut or opening.

Usage examples:

Make a slit in the stem under a bud

verb

Make a long, narrow cut in.

Usage examples:

Give me the truth or i will slit your throat

noun

A long, narrow aperture or slit in a machine for something to be inserted.

Usage examples:

He slid a coin into the slot of the jukebox

verb

Place (an object) into a slot, typically one specifically designed to receive it.

Usage examples:

He slotted a cassette into the tape machine

noun

The track of a deer, as visible in soft ground.

Usage examples:

Deer slots can be confused with those of sheep and goats

noun

A strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation.

Usage examples:

Not all of us have a vocation to be nurses or doctors