Saucer
['sɔːsə] or ['sɔsɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table.
Edited by Eileen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
(n.) A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.
(n.) Something resembling a saucer in shape.
(n.) A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
(n.) A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Checker: Otis
Definition
n. the shallow platter for a tea or coffee cup: anything resembling a saucer as a socket of iron for the pivot of a capstan: (orig.) a small vessel to hold sauce.—adj. Sau′cer-eyed having large round eyes.
Checker: Millicent
Examples
- The orderly brought two lighted candles each in a saucer, and took out the lamp blowing it out. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mrs. Pegler's cup, rattling against her saucer as she held it, denoted some nervousness on her part. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The cat reached forward again and put his fine white paw on the edge of the saucer. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mrs. Corney rose to get another cup and saucer from the closet. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Why my hand shook, and why I involuntarily spilt half the contents of my cup into my saucer, I did not choose to consider. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The sight of the safe, the saucer of milk, and the loop of whipcord were enough to finally dispel any doubts which may have remained. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mix and put in a saucer over a tea-kettle in which water is boiling, until melted, stirring several times. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Take hold of this cup and saucer, ostler. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Hermione poured a little cream into a saucer. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He took up a small saucer of milk which stood on the top of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Such zests as his particular little phial of cayenne pepper and his pennyworth of pickles in a saucer, were not wanting. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Well, a cheetah is just a big cat, and yet a saucer of milk does not go very far in satisfying its wants, I daresay. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- There's salt here, said Laurie, as he handed Jo a saucer of berries. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There were a couple of shelves, with a few plates and cups and saucers; and a pair of stage shoes and a couple of foils hung beneath them. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Do you use your mistress' best saucers for that? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- However, there was no help for it, and the tea-tray came, with seven cups and saucers, and bread-and-butter on the same scale. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There was quite a pile of saucers now on the table in front of me. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It looks as if it might be roofed, from centre to circumference, with inverted saucers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She pronounced the tea to be excellent, and praised the exquisite taste in which the marmalade was arranged in the saucers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Judy, with a gong-like clash and clatter, sets one of the sheet-iron tea-trays on the table and arranges cups and saucers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- For use place in plates or saucers partly filled with water where the flies can get at them. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Flora's tenderness was quite overcome by this, and she launched out among the cups and saucers into a wonderful flow of tears and speech. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr Venus, having wafted his attention to this discourse over three successive saucers of tea, signified his concurrence in the views advanced. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Elsie