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plac⋅er

1 [plas-er]

–noun Mining.

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.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; < AmerSp; Sp: sandbank < Catalan placel, deriv. of plaza open place; see plaza

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plac⋅er

2 [pley-ser]

–noun

1.	a person who sets things in their place or arranges them.

2.	a person or animal that is among the winners of a race or other contest.

Origin:
1570–80; place + -er ¹

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place (plās) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space.
2. Room or space, especially adequate space: There is place for everyone at the back of the room.
3. The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing.
4. A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose: a place of worship.
5. A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake.
6. A business establishment or office.
7. A locality, such as a town or city: visited many places.
8. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.
9. A setting for one person at a table.
10. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.
11. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.
12. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.
13. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.
1. The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing.
2. A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose: a place of worship.
3. A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake.
4. A business establishment or office.
5. A locality, such as a town or city: visited many places.
6. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.
7. A setting for one person at a table.
8. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.
9. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.
10. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.
11. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.
1. A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake.
2. A business establishment or office.
3. A locality, such as a town or city: visited many places.
4. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.
5. A setting for one person at a table.
6. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.
7. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.
8. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.
9. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.
Abbr. Pl. A public square or street with houses in a town.
1. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.
2. A setting for one person at a table.
3. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.
4. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.
5. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.
6. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.
A position regarded as belonging to someone or something else; stead: She was chosen in his place.
A particular point that one has reached, as in a book: I have lost my place.
A particular spot, as on the body: the place that hurts.
1. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.
2. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.
3. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.
4. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.
Social station: He overstepped his place.
A particular situation or circumstance: Put yourself in my place.
High rank or status.
A job, post, or position: found a place in the company.
Relative position in a series; standing.
Games Second position for betting purposes, as in a horserace.
The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument: in the first place.
Mathematics A position in a numeral or series.

v. placed, plac·ing, plac·es

v. tr.

To put in or as if in a particular place or position; set.
To put in a specified relation or order: Place the words in alphabetical order.
To offer for consideration: placed the matter before the board.
To find accommodation or employment for.
To put into a particular condition: placed him under arrest.
To arrange for the publication or display of: place an advertisement in the newspaper.
To appoint to a post: placed her in a key position.
1. To rank in an order or sequence: I'd place him second best.
2. To estimate: placed the distance at 100 feet.
3. To give an order for: place a bet.
4. To apply or arrange for: place an order.
To identify or classify in a particular context: could not place that person's face.
1. To give an order for: place a bet.
2. To apply or arrange for: place an order.
To adjust (one's voice) for the best possible effects.

v. intr.
To be among those who finish a competition or race, especially to finish second.
Phrasal Verb(s):
place out To qualify for a waiver of a requirement or prerequisite: placed out of a freshman composition class.

Idiom(s):
all over the place In or to many locations; everywhere: Film is sold all over the place.

Idiom(s):
in place

In the appropriate or usual position or order: With everything in place, she started the slide show.
In the same spot; without moving forwards or backwards: While marching in place, the band played a popular tune.

Idiom(s):
in place of Instead of.

Idiom(s):
keep/know (one's) place To recognize one's social position and act according to traditional decorum.

Idiom(s):
place in the sun A dominant or favorable position or situation.

[Middle English, from Old English plæce and Old French place, open space (from Medieval Latin placea, from Vulgar Latin *plattea), both from Latin platēa, broad street, from Greek plateia (hodos), broad (street), feminine of platus; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]
place'a·ble adj., plac'er n.

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plac·er (plās'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.

A glacial or alluvial deposit of sand or gravel containing eroded particles of valuable minerals.
A place where a placer deposit is washed to extract its mineral content.

[Spanish, shoal, placer, from Catalan placer, shoal, from plassa, place, from Medieval Latin placea; see place.]

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placer
noun
an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral

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placer (plās'ər) Pronunciation Key
A surface deposit of minerals, such as gold or magnetite, laid down by a river. The minerals are usually concentrated in one area because they are relatively heavy and therefore settle out of the river's currents more quickly than lighter sediments such as silt and sand. ◇ The extraction of minerals from placers, as by panning, washing, or dredging, is called placer mining.

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Placer, CA (County, FIPS 061)
Location: (38.971576, -120.947618)
Population (2000): 248,399 (107,302 housing units)
Area: 1404.367303 sq mi (land), 98.410589 sq mi (water)

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Placer

Pla"cer\, n. One who places or sets. --Spenser.

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Placer

Plac"er\, n. [Sp.] 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.]

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