Etymology : Middle English, plate containing sauce, from Middle French saussier, from sausse, sauce
Pronunciation : 'so-s&r
Function : noun
Date : 1607
1. small flat dish on which a cup is placed; anything having the form or shape of a saucer. saucer\sau"cer\ , n. [f. saucière, from sauce. see:
sauce.].
2. a small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table. [obs.].
3. a small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.
4. something resembling a saucer in shape. specifically: (a) a flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships. (b) a shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.saucer n.
5. something with a round shape like a flat circular plate [syn: disk, disc].
6. a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table.
7. directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation [syn: dish, dish aerial , dish antenna].
8. a disk used in throwing competitions [syn: discus].
9. A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
10. A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.
11. Something resembling a saucer in shape.
12. A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
13. A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan. a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table.
14. A saucer is a small curved plate on which you stand a cup. see also:
flying saucer.