saucer

[saw-ser]

noun

1. a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.

2. something resembling a saucer, as in shape.

saucer

/ ˈsɔːsə /

noun

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

2. any similar dish

Other Word Forms

• saucerful noun
• saucerless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of saucer¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Old French word saussier. See sauce, -er ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of saucer¹

C14: from Old French saussier container for _sauce

Example Sentences

Miss Mortimer’s spoon slipped from her fingers and landed on the saucer with a clink.

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Among the munitions were dozens of thick, green plastic discs about the diameter of a saucer.

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Ask ChatGPT what SF will look like in 10 years and it generates an image of the city’s skyline with futuristic architecture and flying saucers next to the Golden Gate Bridge.

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An apocryphal story has George Washington breakfasting with Thomas Jefferson and referring to the Senate as a saucer intended to cool the passions of the intemperate lower chamber.

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Let’s think about the terrifying theremin line that snakes through “Good Vibrations” like it’s tugging a flying saucer down onto Dockweiler Beach.

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Related Words

• bowl 
• container 
• cup 
• plate 
• platter 
• pot 
• tray