sau·cer (sô?s?r)n.1. A small shallow dish having a slight circular depression in the center for holding a cup.2. An object similar in shape to a saucer.[Middle English, sauce dish, from Old French saussier, from sauce, sauce; see sauce.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.saucer (?s??s?) n1. (Cookery) a small round dish on which a cup is set2. (Cookery) any similar dish[C14: from Old French saussier container for sauce] ?saucerful n ?saucerless adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014sau?cer (?s? s?r) n. 1. a small, round, shallow dish for holding a cup. 2. something resembling a saucer. [1300?50;