Saucer

/ˈsɔːsə/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.

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

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

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Word Forms

• saucers
• saucering
• saucered

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