saucer

A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.

An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.

The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.

A circular sled without runners.

A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.

Take two saucers , and strike the edge of the one against the bottom of the other , within a pail of water ; and you shall find , that as you put the saucers lower and lower , the sound groweth more flat

A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.

To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.

Of the eyes: to become large and round.

Lydia's eyes saucered with shock. Her heart was beating very fast and all her adrenaline kicked in.