Placer
plah-sernoun
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Definition
Placer County, in the Sierra foothills northeast of Sacramento. In mining, a placer is a surface deposit worked by panning.
In simple English: A county near Sacramento; also a type of gold deposit.
Examples
They found gold in the placer deposits along the river.
Usage notes
One of the oldest words on this site — it arrived with the Gold Rush by way of Spanish.
At a glance
- Track
- Places
- Region
- NorCal
- Part of speech
- noun