Usually means: Deposits of minerals concentrated naturally.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word placer:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. placer: Merriam-Webster
  2. placer, placer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. placer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. placer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. placer: Vocabulary.com
  6. Placer, placer: Wordnik
  7. placer: Wiktionary
  8. placer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. placer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. placer: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. placer: Dictionary.com
  12. Placer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Placer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. placer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. placer: Rhymezone
  16. Placer, placer, placer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. placer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. placer: FreeDictionary.org
  19. placer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. placer: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. placer: Legal dictionary
  2. placer: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Placer (deposit), placer: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. placer: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. placer: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. placer: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Placer: Gems and Precious Stones
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Placer)

noun:  One who places or arranges something.
noun:  (slang) One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.
noun:  (gambling, in combination) A horse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in a race.
noun:  (ethology, sheep, Australia, New Zealand) A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.
adjective:  (mining) alluvial; occurring in a deposit of sand or earth on a river-bed or bank, particularly with reference to precious metals such as gold or silver
noun:  A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc.
noun:  (by extension) Any place holding treasures.
noun:  A barangay of Benito Soliven, Isabela, Philippines
noun:  A municipality of Masbate, Philippines.
noun:  A barangay of Talalora, Samar, Philippines
noun:  A municipality of Surigao del Norte, Philippines.

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