sau‧cer /ˈsɔːsə $ ˈsɒːsər/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: saussier 'plate for sauce', from sausse, sauce; ⇒ sauce]
a small round plate that curves up at the edges, that you put a cup on:
a china cup and saucer ⇒
flying saucer [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲