English Dictionary

saucer

/ˈsɔː.sə/

noun

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.

I placed the saucer next to the teacup.

意味（1）

A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.

意味（2）

An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.

The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.

意味（3）

A circular sled without runners.

意味（4）

(obsolete) A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.

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

意味（5）

A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.

意味（6）

A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.