saucer.
A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
Meaning & usage
A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.
A circular sled without runners.
A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.
A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).
To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.
Of the eyes: to become large and round.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).
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