I. ˈsȯsə(r), dial ˈsas- or ˈsaas- or ˈsais- or ˈsärs- or ˈsȧs- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French saussier, from sausse sauce + -ier -er
1. obsolete : a dish or plate to contain sauces at table
2.
a. : a small shallow dish usually with a slightly depressed center for holding a cup at table
b. : saucedish
3. : something likened to a saucer in shape: as
a. : a saucer-shaped part of a plant
b. : a shallow socket on a capstan
c. : the base of the usual form of chamber used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid turned up round the edges and partly filled with chamber acid into which the dependent side dips to form a seal
d. : a shallow depression in a landscape
a town … set in a saucer formed by a range of hills — Hamilton Basso
e. : flying saucer
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
dialect : to pour into a saucer
saucered her coffee and blew on it — H.E.Giles