Hypertext Webster Gateway: "saucer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Saucer \Sau"cer\, n. [F. sauci[`e]re, from sauce. See {Sauce}.]
1. A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
[Obs.] --Bacon.
2. A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup
is set at table.
3. Something resembling a saucer in shape. Specifically:
(a) A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
(b) A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
saucer
n 1: something with a round shape like a flat circular plate
[syn: {disk}, {disc}]
2: a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table
3: directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for
microwave or radio frequency radiation [syn: {dish}, {dish
aerial}, {dish antenna}]
4: a disk used in throwing competitions [syn: {discus}]
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