Placer
['pleɪsə] or ['plesɚ]
Definition
(noun.) an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral.
Editor: Vince--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who places or sets.
(n.) 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.
Edited by Elsie
Definition
n. a place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold &c.: hence any place holding treasures.
Edited by Ellis
Examples
- Gold, or placer digging as it was called, was at its height. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The whole placer would not give more than one and one-quarter cents per cubic yard. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I had several car-loads of different placer sands sent to me and proved I could do it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Segre