Meaning of Saucer | Babel Free
ˈsɔː.səDefinitions
- A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
- An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
- A circular sled without runners.
- A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.
- A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
- A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Equivalents
Examples
“The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.”
“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”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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