Saucer

Quick meaning: Saucer is a noun meaning A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.

Meaning

A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.

More Meanings

1. An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
2. A circular sled without runners.
3. A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
4. A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
5. (transitive) To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.
6. (intransitive) Of the eyes: to become large and round.
7. (obsolete) A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.

Example Sentences

The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.

Lydia's eyes saucered with shock. Her heart was beating very fast and all her adrenaline kicked in.

Take two saucers , and strike the edge of the one against the bottom of the other , within a pail of water ; and you shall find , that as you put the saucers lower and lower , the sound groweth more flat

Word Forms

• saucers
• saucering
• saucered

Synonyms for saucer

Depending on context, synonyms include dish, disc, disk, discus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dish, disc, disk, discus, plate, flywheel.

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