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saucer

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sau·cer  (sôsr)
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.]

saucer [ˈsɔːsə]
n
1. (Cookery) a small round dish on which a cup is set
2. (Cookery) any similar dish
[from Old French saussier container for sauce]
saucerful  n
saucerless  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.saucersaucer - something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky"
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.saucersaucer - directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
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
disk, disc - a flat circular plate
sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport
Translations
saucer [ˈsɔːsəʳ] Nplatillo m

saucer [ˈsɔːsər] n (for cup)soucoupe f

saucer
nUntertasse f

saucer [ˈsɔːsəʳ] npiattino
saucer [ˈsɔːsəʳ] npiattino

saucer
n saucer [ˈsoːsə]
a small shallow dish for placing under a cup Could you bring me another cup and saucer? piering صَحْن чинийка talířek underkop die Untertasse πιατάκι platillo alustass نعلبكي teevati soucoupe תַחתִית तश्तरी tanjurić, tanjurić pod šalicom csészealj tatakan undirskál sottocoppa, piattino 受け皿 받침 접시 lėkštelė apakštase piring alas cawan schotel skål, asjett spodek pires farfurioară блюдце tanierik krožniček tanjirić tefat จานรอง fincan tabağı 茶碟 блюдце طشتری đĩa nhỏ, nông để đựng chén

saucer صحن الفنجان podšálek underkop Untertasse πιατάκι φλιτζανιού platillo, plato pequeño lautanen soucoupe šalica 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.
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.
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.
 
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