saucer

noun

1. A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
2. An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.

   “The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.”

3. A circular sled without runners.
4. (obsolete)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”

5. A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
6. A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.

verb

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