saucer
/ˈsɔːsə
/noun
A shallow dish, typically having a circular indentation in the centre, on which a cup is placed.The cabinets should be able to store a generous stack of plates, cups, saucers, and bowls....
- And after dinner, he jumps up and picks up the cups and the saucers and the plates and comes in the kitchen.
- The tray has a teapot, two little bowls and two saucers with pretty looking beancurd sweets in them.
Phrases
have eyes like saucers
Derivatives
saucerful
- Tewkesbury saucer batters are small baked puddings made by quickly baking two saucerfuls of batter, putting fruit on one and inverting the other on top of it to make a lid.
- Aunt Peggy poured out a saucerful and touched it with a match.
saucerless
Origin
Middle English (denoting a condiment dish): from Old French saussier(e) 'sauce boat', probably suggested by late Latin salsarium.