Synonyms of the word

alcove

• n. A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

bay

• n. (obsolete) A berry.
• n. Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
• n. The leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
• n. (in the plural, now rare) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or…
• n. (US, dialect) A tract covered with bay trees.
• n. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
• n. (geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
• n. A bank or dam to keep back water.
• n. An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
• n. An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
• n. The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
• n. (nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
• n. (rail transport) A bay platform.
• n. A bay window.
• n. The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
• n. (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
• n. (figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become…
• v. (intransitive) To howl.
• v. (transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
• v. (transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
• adj. Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).
• n. A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
• n. A horse of this color.

niche

• n. (architecture) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust,…
• n. (ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
• n. (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in…
• n. An arrow woven into a Muslim prayer rug pointing in the direction of Mecca.
• v. (transitive, marketing) To specialize in a niche, or particular narrow section of the market.
• adj. Pertaining to or intended for a market niche; having specific appeal.

recess

• n. (countable or uncountable) A break, pause or vacation.
• n. An inset, hole, space or opening.
• n. (US) A time of play, usually, on a playground.
• n. A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
• n. (archaic) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat.
• n. (archaic) The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
• n. (archaic) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
• n. A secret or abstruse part.
• n. (botany, zoology) A sinus.
• v. To inset into something, or to recede.
• v. (intransitive) To take or declare a break.
• v. (transitive, informal) To appoint, with a recess appointment.
• v. To make a recess in.
• adj. (obsolete, rare) Remote, distant (in time or place).