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Webster 1913 Edition
Saucer
1.
A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
2.
A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.
3.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Saucer
SAU'CER
, n.1.
A small pan in which sauce is set on a table.2.
A piece of china or other ware, in which a tea cup or coffee cup is set.Definition 2025
saucer
saucer
English
Noun
saucer (plural saucers)
- 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.
- (obsolete) A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
- A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
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Translations
small dish
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object shaped like a saucer
Verb
saucer (third-person singular simple present saucers, present participle saucering, simple past and past participle saucered)