saucer
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈsɔːsə//
- United States//ˈsɔsɚ//
- United States//ˈsɑsɝ//
- Australia//ˈsoːsə//
A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
noun
- 1
A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
- 2
An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.
- 3
A circular sled without runners.
- 4
obsoleteA small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.
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
- 5
A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
- 6
A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Etymology
From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).
verb
- 1
To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.
- 2
Of the eyes: to become large and round.
Lydia's eyes saucered with shock. Her heart was beating very fast and all her adrenaline kicked in.
Forms
- plural
- saucers
- past tense
- saucered
- past participle
- saucered
- present participle
- saucering
- third person singular
- saucers
saucer · A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
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