saucer

A small shallow dish having a slight circular depression in the center for holding a cup.

An object similar in shape to a saucer.

A tobacco adapted by large absorptive capacity to take the ‘sauces’ in vogue in Continental Europe, which are said to consist chiefly of salt, sal-ammoniac, and sugar. See sauce, 6. A German and a Dutch saucer are known to the trade, consisting of varieties of the heavy export type chiefly from Virginia.

A small dish or pan in which sauce is set on the table; a sauce-dish.

A small, round, shallow vessel, a little deeper than a plate, upon which a cup, as a tea- or coffee-cup, is placed, and which is designed to retain any liquid which may be spilled from the cup.

Something resembling a saucer.

A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.

A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.

Something resembling a saucer in shape.

A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.