1. temporary substitutes that reserve a position or space for something else
2. symbols or text used in computer programming or documents to indicate where actual content will be inserted
Usage: computing; technical

Examples

• The architect used cardboard boxes as placeholders for the furniture in the model room.
• Please use placeholders in your presentation slides until we get the final images.
• The website template includes placeholders for the company logo and contact information.
• In the code, we used placeholders like ‘username’ and ‘password’ for the login form.
• The event program had placeholders for speaker names that weren’t confirmed yet.
• These plastic trees are just placeholders until the real landscaping is installed.