Usually means: Temporary substitute for final content.
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  1. placeholder: Merriam-Webster
  2. placeholder: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. placeholder: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. placeholder: Collins English Dictionary
  5. placeholder: Vocabulary.com
  6. Placeholder, placeholder: Wordnik
  7. placeholder: Wiktionary
  8. placeholder: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. placeholder: Dictionary.com
  10. Placeholder (Computing), Placeholder (politics), Placeholder: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. placeholder: Rhymezone
  12. placeholder: FreeDictionary.org
  13. placeholder: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. placeholder: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. placeholder: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. Placeholder (Computing), placeholder: Encyclopedia

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  1. placeholder: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (placeholder)

noun:  Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.
noun:  (graphical user interface) A non-editable caption initially displayed in a blank text box to indicate its function.

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