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noun
- 1. a shallow dish, typically having a circular indentation in the centre, on which a cup is placed.
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a small, curved plate that you put a cup on: a cup and saucer. She gave the cat a saucer of milk (= a small amount of milk on a saucer). Dorling Kindersley/GettyImages. Fewer examples. This saucer is a bit chipped. I spilled some tea into my saucer. I could hear the cups and saucers rattling. She served the tea in cups with saucers.
1. : a small shallow dish in which a cup is set at table. 2. : something resembling a saucer especially in shape. especially : flying saucer. saucerlike. ˈsȯ-sər-ˌlīk. adjective. Examples of saucer in a Sentence.
A saucer is a small, rounded dish that sits beneath a tea or coffee cup. Other kinds of saucers include objects with a similar round shape — like a flying saucer. Saucers that live under cups are useful for catching drips from and protecting the table.
Saucer definition: a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.. See examples of SAUCER used in a sentence.
n. 1. A small shallow dish having a slight circular depression in the center for holding a cup. 2. An object similar in shape to a saucer. [Middle English, sauce dish, from Old French saussier, from sauce, sauce; see sauce .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
noun. saucerless (ˈsaucerless) adjective. Word origin. C14: from Old French saussier container for sauce. Word Frequency. saucer in American English. (ˈsɔsər ) noun. 1. a small, round, shallow dish, esp. one with an indentation designed to hold a cup. 2. anything round and shallow like a saucer. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
Definition of saucer noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Saucer definition: A small shallow dish having a slight circular depression in the center for holding a cup.
saucer in American English. (ˈsɔsər ) noun. 1. a small, round, shallow dish, esp. one with an indentation designed to hold a cup. 2. anything round and shallow like a saucer. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
SAUCER meaning: a small plate that you put under a cup: . Learn more.
