saucer

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɔː.sə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈsɔ.səɹ/, /ˈsɒ.səɹ/
• (cot-caught) IPA: /ˈsɑ.səɹ/

Noun

saucer (plural saucers)

1. A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
2. An object round and gently curved (shaped like a saucer).

   The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.

3. (obsolete) A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
4. A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
5. A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.

Related terms

• flying saucer
• sauce
• saucer eyes

Translations

• French: soucoupe, sous-tasse
• German: Untertasse
• Italian: sottocoppa, piattino
• Portuguese: pires
• Russian: блю́дце
• Spanish: platillo

Translations

• Italian: sottovaso

Verb

saucer (saucers, present participle saucering; past and past participle saucered)

1. (transitive) To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.

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