saucer
/ˈsɔsɚ/ noun B1- A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
- An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer. · The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.
- A circular sled without runners.
- A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
- A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Plural saucers
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As he spoke he turned the contents of the wine glass into a saucer and placed it in front of the terrier, who speedily licked it dry.
Not until Anne had finished her saucer of blue plums did Marilla say:
“Dinah’ll miss me very much to-night, I should think!” (Dinah was the cat.) “I hope they’ll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time.
“Well, look at this!” He took up a small saucer of milk which stood on the top of it.
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