In my recently purchased apartment, I've come up with an idea for the hall as a part of interior designing. In my mother-tongue, we have a term for those three pits(?).
Vases in the wall? – I'm not okay with it.
How do we describe this in English? Non native speakers? I'm searching for the term that describes those three (without vases). They are three ______ in/on the wall.
Here is the actual picture
Best Answer
Without expressing awesomeness, the term is
niche
From the architectural feature the figurative meaning of "a special place" either in a professional, scientific or ecological context is derived.