sau·cer

(sô′sər)

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.]

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saucer

(ˈsɔːsə)

1. (Cookery) a small round dish on which a cup is set

2. (Cookery) any similar dish

[C14: from Old French saussier container for sauce]

ˈsaucerful n

ˈsaucerless adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sau•cer

(ˈsɔ sər)

n.

1. a small, round, shallow dish for holding a cup.

2. something resembling a saucer.

[1300–50; < Old French saussier.]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	saucer - something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" disk, disc intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk - a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two) round shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles dot, point - a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"
	2.	saucer - a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table flatware - tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece
	3.	saucer - directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation dish aerial, dish antenna, dish directional antenna - an antenna that transmits or receives signals only in a narrow angle microwave radar, radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation - measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects radio reflector, radio telescope - astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources scanner - a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area
	4.	saucer - a disk used in throwing competitions discus disk, disc - a flat circular plate sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport

Translations

صَحْن صَحْنُ الفِنْجَان

podšálektalířek

underkoptallerken

Untertasse

πιατάκι φλιτζανιού

platillo plato pequeño

lautanen

soucoupe

tanjurić

csészealj

undirskál

piattino sottocoppa disco volante

受け皿

받침 접시

lėkštelė

apakštase

schotel

asjett skål tallerken

spodek

pires

блюдце

tanierik

krožniček

tefat

จานรอง

fincan tabağı

đĩa nhỏ

茶托茶碟

saucer

[ˈsɔːsəʳ] N → platillo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

saucer

[ˈsɔːsə^r] n (for cup) → soucoupe f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

saucer

n → Untertasse f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

saucer

[ˈsɔːsəʳ] n → piattino

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

saucer

(ˈsoːsə) noun

a small shallow dish for placing under a cup. Could you bring me another cup and saucer?

saucer

→ صَحْنُ الفِنْجَان podšálek underkop Untertasse πιατάκι φλιτζανιού platillo, plato pequeño lautanen soucoupe tanjurić piattino 受け皿 받침 접시 schotel skål spodek pires блюдце tefat จานรอง fincan tabağı đĩa nhỏ 茶托

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But, the little shop is so excessively dark, is stuck so full of black shelves and brackets and nooks and corners, that he sees Mr Venus's cup and saucer only because it is close under the candle, and does not see from what mysterious recess Mr Venus produces another for himself until it is under his nose.

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She pointed to Miss Ladd's cat, fast asleep by the side of an empty saucer.

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As if too hot for her lips, she filled her saucer with the greasy-looking, nondescript fluid, and continued her set glare, her breast rising and falling with staccato, mechanical movement.

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It happened that nothing called Lydgate out of the room; but when Rosamond poured out the tea, and Will came near to fetch it, she placed a tiny bit of folded paper in his saucer. He saw it and secured it quickly, but as he went back to his inn he had no eagerness to unfold the paper.

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I had tried it several times, and David saw and promptly did his frog business, the while, with an indescribable emotion, I produced a night-light from my pocket and planted it in a saucer on the wash- stand.

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Sedley that a muffin and a quantity of orange marmalade spread out in a little cut-glass saucer would be peculiarly agreeable refreshments to Amelia in her most interesting situation.

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And he himself brought her the golden-brown bouillon, in a dainty Sevres cup, with a flaky cracker or two on the saucer.

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At first she sat silent; but that could not last: she had resolved to make a pet of her little cousin, as she would have him to be; and she commenced stroking his curls, and kissing his cheek, and offering him tea in her saucer, like a baby.

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Passepartout was ravished to behold this celebrated place, and thought that, with its circular walls and dismantled fort, it looked like an immense coffee-cup and saucer. The following night they passed through the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, which means in Arabic The Bridge of Tears, and the next day they put in at Steamer Point, north-west of Aden harbour, to take in coal.

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Ivanushka, sipping out of her saucer, looked with sly womanish eyes from under her brows at the young men.

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George, slowly putting down his saucer without tasting its contents, is laughingly beginning, "Why, what the deuce, Phil--" when he stops, seeing that Phil is counting on his dirty fingers.

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It would leave a tiny hole where it entered, but the hole where it emerged would be the size of a saucer.

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