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Definition of "saucer-shaped" [saucer-shaped]

  • Having a concave shape like a saucer (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "saucer-shaped" in a sentence
  • "The photo, taken from the footbridge over the railway line at Great Bowden, appears to show a saucer-shaped object flying above the trees."
  • "Their prize is the native or flat oyster — a sweet, delicate, saucer-shaped mollusk much sought after by the Romans, whose historian Pliny the Elder recommended them for improving the complexion."
  • "With a sudden, catlike movement he whirled over on his back, caught his heel in a tiny, saucer-shaped depression and sat up."