saucer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.

   The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.

2. 2
   noun

   A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.

   Take two saucers , and strike the edge of the one against the bottom of the other , within a pail of water ; and you shall find , that as you put the saucers lower and lower , the sound groweth more flat

3. 3
   verb

   Of the eyes: to become large and round.

   Lydia's eyes saucered with shock. Her heart was beating very fast and all her adrenaline kicked in.

4. 4
   noun

   a disk used in throwing competitions

5. 5
   noun

   directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation

6. 6
   noun

   a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table

7. 7
   noun

   something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate

8. 8
   noun

   A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.

Etymology

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