niche

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  1. noun A recess in a wall, as for holding a statue or urn.
  2. noun A cranny, hollow, or crevice, as in rock.
  3. noun A situation or activity specially suited to a person's interests, abilities, or nature: found her niche in life.
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  • On a shelf inside the niche was a lead box with a skull and an inscription identifying the contents as the head of Pizarro. —  Omni: August 1993
  • Put adsense ads or whatever, if the niche is adult sign up with adult affiliates for content, also sign up with a good dating affiliate like the one in my signature. after you have a good layout that is actually converting traffic to money, work only on increasing your traffic! —  Digital Point Forums
  • Interacting with other bloggers in your niche is an excellent way to get more links and more readers. —  Jammed: Full into Capacity
  • But perhaps this niche is also the sort which registers domain names in enough quantities to affect the company's sales; in my opinion, it was an attention-getter that went so far over the edge, sales are now hurtling toward a chasm. —  BloggingStocks
  • Your Ebook must provide answers to questions that a hungry audience within your niche is asking. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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alcove ·  nook ·  recess ·  crevice ·  pillar ·  shrine ·  staircase ·  opening ·  cave ·  tomb ·  compartment ·  doorway

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niche:   niches
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. French, from Old French, from nichier, to nest (from Vulgar Latin *nīdicāre, from Latin nīdus, nest; see sed- in Indo-European roots) or from Old Italian nicchio, seashell (perhaps from Latin mītulus, mussel).

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  1. from French niche, from Italian nicchia, a niche, a recess in a wall likened to the hollow of a shell, from nicchio, a shell, also a niche, with a change of initial m to n (seen also in Italian nespola, from Latin mespilum, a medlar, and in map, napkin, mat, and nat, etc.), and a reg. change of L. -tulus to Italian -cchio (as in vecchio, from Latin vetulus, old, etc.), from Latin mitulus, mytilus, mytulus, a sea-mussel: see Mytilus.
  2. from niche, n.
 

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