saucer B1 Topic:Describing Qualities 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 Common collocations flying saucer Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f). saucer Middle English saussier Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Describing Qualities markdown