D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Placer

/plăs'-ẽr/ · Pla·cer · IPA /ˈpleɪsə(ɹ)/
01 n. One who places or sets.
  1. 1.
    One who places or sets.
02 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 mounta…
  1. 1.
    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.]