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Saucer
//ˈsɔː.sə// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
- 2 a disk used in throwing competitions wordnet
- 3 An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
"The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO."
- 4 directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation wordnet
- 5 A circular sled without runners.
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- 6 a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table wordnet
- 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"
- 8 something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate wordnet
- 9 A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
- 10 A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Verb
- 1 To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking. transitive
- 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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