niche

noun

• 1a shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament: each niche holding a shepherdess in Dresden china

• 2 (one's niche) a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment: he is now head chef at a leading law firm and feels he has found his niche
• Ecology a role taken by a type of organism within its community: the niche left vacant by the disappearance of wolves

• 3a specialized but profitable segment of the market: [as modifier]:a niche market for quality food

verb

• place (something) in a niche: these elements were niched within the shadowy reaches niched statues