All 3 Uses of
niche
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Five corridors diverged like the rays of a star, and the walls, dug into niches, which were arranged one above the other in the shape of coffins, showed that they were at last in the catacombs.†
Chpt 37-38 *
- These arcades opened on one side into the corridor where the count and Franz were, and on the other into a large square chamber, entirely surrounded by niches similar to those of which we have spoken.†
Chpt 37-38
- The Monte Pincio seemed a vast amphitheatre filled with spectators; the balconies of the two churches at the corner of the Via del Babuino and the Via di Ripetta were crammed; the steps even seemed a parti-colored sea, that was impelled towards the portico; every niche in the wall held its living statue.†
Chpt 35-36
Definitions:
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(1)
(niche) a smaller market within a larger market -- such as the market for scissors designed for people who are left-handed
or:
a role for which someone is especially well-suited
or:
a shallow recess, cranny or crevice -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, niche can refer to a role for a species within an ecosystem.