plural of placing

A retired place, spot, or situation; somewhere out-of-the-way.

Forming a well-defined place; acting as an identifiable location. / Focused on a location and its properties. / Characteristic of a specific locality;

The quantity that a place contains.

(in bibliographies) indicates that a document has no place of publication shown on the document and that none has been inferred from other evidence

The quality of being a place.

(idiomatic) A great, trendy, or perfectly suitable place

(idiomatic) In some, possibly rare places.

plural of by-place

In some places and not everywhere; of a patchy nature.