"placeful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: place + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|place|ful|pos=adjective}} place + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} placeful (not comparable)
  1. Forming a well-defined place; acting as an identifiable location. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-placeful-en-adj-v42YW8oZ Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 40 42 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 28 20 30 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 27 26 23 23
  2. Focused on a location and its properties. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-placeful-en-adj-AI8lyE21 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 40 42 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 28 20 30 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 27 26 23 23
  3. Characteristic of a specific locality; Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-placeful-en-adj-QUXatuHi Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 40 42 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 28 20 30 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 27 26 23 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: placefuls [plural]
Etymology: place + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|place|ful|pos=noun}} place + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun}} placeful (plural placefuls)
  1. The quantity that a place contains.
    Sense id: en-placeful-en-noun-HSxCMKub Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 28 20 30 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 27 26 23 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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