Saucer
Saucer , noun
[French saucière, from sauce. See Sauce.]
1.
A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table. [Obsolete] — Bacon
2.
A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.
3.
Something resembling a saucer in shape.
(a)
A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
(b)
A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.