Saucer

Definitions

1. A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
2. An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
3. A circular sled without runners.
4. A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.
   obsolete
5. A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
6. 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