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SAUCER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disk used in throwing competitions
Synonyms:
discus; saucer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("saucer" is a kind of...):
disc; disk (a flat circular plate)
sports equipment (equipment needed to participate in a particular sport)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
Synonyms:
dish; dish aerial; dish antenna; saucer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("saucer" is a kind of...):
directional antenna (an antenna that transmits or receives signals only in a narrow angle)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saucer"):
scanner (a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area)
Holonyms ("saucer" is a part of...):
microwave radar; radar; radio detection and ranging; radiolocation (measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects)
radio reflector; radio telescope (astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("saucer" is a kind of...):
flatware (tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
Example:
the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
Synonyms:
disc; disk; saucer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("saucer" is a kind of...):
round shape (a shape that is curved and without sharp angles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saucer"):
intervertebral disc; intervertebral disk (a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two))
dot; point (a very small circular shape)
Context examples:
After some search, it was found in the box, at the bottom of a horse's nose-bag; wherein (besides hay) there was discovered an old gold watch, with chain and seals, which Mr. Barkis had worn on his wedding-day, and which had never been seen before or since; a silver tobacco-stopper, in the form of a leg; an imitation lemon, full of minute cups and saucers, which I have some idea Mr. Barkis must have purchased to present to me when I was a child, and afterwards found himself unable to part with; eighty-seven guineas and a half, in guineas and half-guineas; two hundred and ten pounds, in perfectly clean Bank notes; certain receipts for Bank of England stock; an old horseshoe, a bad shilling, a piece of camphor, and an oyster-shell.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“Ah, yes, of course! 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. There is one point which I should wish to determine.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A reluctant elevator boy went for a box full of straw and some milk to which he added on his own initiative a tin of large hard dog biscuits—one of which decomposed apathetically in the saucer of milk all afternoon.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
