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Saucer vs Saucerlike - What's the difference?

saucer | saucerlike |

As a noun saucer

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

As a verb saucer

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

As an adjective saucerlike is

resembling a saucer.

saucer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • (obsolete) A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
  • A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.

    • Related terms

    * flying saucer * sauce * saucer eyes

    Verb

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

    • Anagrams

    * *

    saucerlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a saucer.