Definitions for placers

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placers plac·er

Spelling: [plas-er]

IPA: /ˈplæs ər/

Placers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 328 anagrams from letters in placers (acelprs).

Definitions for placers

noun

1. a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
2. the site of a form of mining (placer mining) in which a placer deposit is washed to separate the gold or other valuable minerals.
3. a person who sets things in their place or arranges them.
4. a person or animal that is among the winners of a race or other contest.

Origin of placers

1835-45, Americanism; American Spanish; Spanish: sandbank Catalan placel, derivative of plaza open place; see plaza

Examples for placers

"You've been very gentle in your methods of conversion," said placer.

There he proposed to me to join him, and go back to the placer.

The larger operations of this kind are called "placer" and "dredge" mining.

There was a sudden surge forward of the Jellies and placer was engulfed.

"They're a lot more tractable than that woman of yours," said placer.

The gold had been dug out of a placer only thirty miles away.

"We haven't been notified to expect any government visitors," said placer.

In the first case it is obtained in crude form by placer mining.

Then they carried him down to placer Creek, and worked over him a lot more.

Ye'll hev to get rid of them ther fixin's if yer goin' in for placer diggin'!