saucer

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.

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[Middle English, sauce dish, from Old French saussier, from sauce, sauce; see sauce.]

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saucer

Noun

1. a small round dish on which a cup is set

2. something shaped like a saucer [Old French saussier container for sauce]

saucerful n

Thesaurus

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

saucer [ˈsɔːsəʳ] n → platillo

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saucer [ˈsɔːsəʳ] n → soucoupe f

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saucer [ˈsɔːsəʳ] n → Untertasse f

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saucer [ˈsɔːsəʳ] n → piattino