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placeholders

noun
USPLAYS-hohl-durz/ˈpleɪsˌhoʊldɚz/UKPLAYS-hohl-duhz/ˈpleɪsˌhəʊldəz/

1 meaning of placeholders

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of placeholder.

    The designer used gray boxes as placeholders until the photos arrived.

    We used fake names as placeholders until the team was hired.

placeholders is a form of placeholder

placeholder, noun: Something standing in for what is not yet known or ready, or for details kept general on purpose, such as stand-in text, a name like Company X, or an empty text box's hint. Full entry

Forms
placeholderplaceholders plural
Spelling
placeholder → placeholders: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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