saucer

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noun

a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.

something resembling a saucer, as in shape.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Old French saussier. See sauce, -er²

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saucer (ˈsɔːsə)

—n
1.	a small round dish on which a cup is set
2.	any similar dish

[C14: from Old French saussier container for sauce]

'saucerful

—n

'saucerless

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

saucer

1343, from O.Fr. saucier "sauce dish," from L.L. salsarium, neut. of salsarius "of or for salted things," from L. salsus (see sauce). Meaning "small, round, shallow vessel for supporting a cup" is attested from c.1702.

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Example sentences

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apparent delight as it descended to the saucer to drink.