Placer

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Placer \Pla"cer\, n.
     One who places or sets. --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Placer \Plac"er\, n. [Sp.]
     A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable
     mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or
     in the bed of a mountain torrent. [U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  placer
       n : an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable
           mineral

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Placer -- U.S. County in California
     Population (2000):    248399
     Housing Units (2000): 107302
     Land area (2000):     1404.367303 sq. miles (3637.294463 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    98.410589 sq. miles (254.882245 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1502.777892 sq. miles (3892.176708 sq. km)
     Located within:       California (CA), FIPS 06
     Location:             38.971576 N, 120.947618 W
     Headwords:
      Placer
      Placer, CA
      Placer County
      Placer County, CA