saucer

B1 Topic:Food & Drink

Also spelled sasser

US /ˈsɔ.səɹ/ UK /ˈsɔː.sə/ See IPA manual

Freq #12190

Meanings

1

noun
A small shallow dish that a cup sits on.

She set the cup down gently on its saucer.
2

noun
Something round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.

The strange saucer-shaped object hovered in the sky.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms saucers

Derived forms saucer-eyedsaucer-leafsaucercraftsaucerfulsauceriansaucerizesaucerlesssaucerlike

Related forms sauce

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Phrases (1)

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flying saucer
an unidentified object in the sky described as resembling a flat round dish

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).

saucer Middle English saussier Old French

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# saucer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɔ.səɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɔː.sə/
**Frequency rank:** 12190

## Meanings
1. A small shallow dish that a cup sits on.
2. Something round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.

## Examples
- She set the cup down gently on its saucer.
- The strange saucer-shaped object hovered in the sky.

## Derived Forms
- saucer-eyed
- saucer-leaf
- saucercraft
- saucerful
- saucerian
- saucerize
- saucerless
- saucerlike

## Related Forms
- sauce

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: saucer
- Root: saussier

## Etymology
From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).

## AI Etymology
Saucer comes from Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f). Modern senses include a small shallow dish that a cup sits on. and something round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as saucer-eyed, saucer-leaf, saucercraft, saucerful, saucerian, and saucerize and related forms such as sauce.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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