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saucer Definition

sau·cer (sər)

noun

  1. a small, round, shallow dish, esp. one with an indentation designed to hold a cup
  2. anything round and shallow like a saucer

Etymology: ME sawsere < MFr saussier < sause, sauce

saucer Related Forms

sau·cer·like′ adjective

saucer Synonyms

saucer

n.

dish, small bowl, sauce dish; see china, dish.

saucer Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • milk: She doesn't eat cat meat, but tuna is fine, And a saucer of milk at round about nine.
  • water: Adult New Guinea males need to drink form a saucer of water for about one hour every week.

Converse of object

  • fly: His editor tells him a flying saucer is coming from Roswell.
  • crash: I asked to see pictures of the crashed saucers.
  • shape: What was inside could have been saucer shaped, or cigar shaped.
  • see: Each half seemed to resemble a saucer seen from the side.
  • place: Place a saucer or tile on the top to keep the wet out.
  • make: The pots range from a teacup and saucer made by Bernard Leach in 1920 to a large vase made by Alison Britton in 1987.

Adjective modifier

  • spinning: The spinning saucers are instrumental craft that are unmanned.
  • shallow: It then shrinks on drying out and distorts the paint surface with shallow saucer shaped depressions known as cupping.
  • small: In bars you are given your change on a small saucer; leave a couple of small coins.
  • little: This is a great little pottery saucer, in white pottery, with a Teal Blue pattern of flowers and birds.
  • large: Most of the extremely large saucers have been at high altitudes, some of them many miles above the earth.

Modifies a noun

  • sighting: This sounds fast compared to the majority of reported flying saucer sightings.
  • scare: Then on June 24 came Kenneth Arnold's famous re port, which set off the saucer scare.
  • crash: I didn't see anything of 9/11 in the saucer crash.
  • shape: The pond profile which is best for wildlife is a short of shallow saucer shape with gently shelving sides.
  • story: Tourists were bringing back more saucer stories than hand tooled, genuine leather purses.
  • eye: These were animals the size of calves with saucer eyes which frequented Hethersett.

Noun used with modifier

pot: Is there a water bowl for Frederick in his enclosure ( a plant pot saucer will do )?

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