Saucer

//ˈsɔː.sə// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
  2. 2
    a disk used in throwing competitions wordnet
  3. 3
    An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.

    "The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO."

  4. 4
    directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation wordnet
  5. 5
    A circular sled without runners.
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  1. 6
    a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table wordnet
  2. 7
    A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table. obsolete

    "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"

  3. 8
    something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate wordnet
  4. 9
    A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
  5. 10
    A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Verb
  1. 1
    To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking. transitive
  2. 2
    Of the eyes: to become large and round. intransitive

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).

Etymology 2

From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).

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