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Webster 1913 Edition


Saucer

Sau′cer

,
Noun.
[F.
saucière
, from
sauce
. See
Sauce
.]
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 2024


saucer

saucer

English

Noun

saucer (plural saucers)

  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. (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?)
  4. A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
  5. A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.

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Verb

saucer (third-person singular simple present saucers, present participle saucering, simple past and past participle saucered)

  1. (transitive) To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.

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