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saucer-shaped

saucer-shaped

1 3.9
Shallow, rounded, and curved inward like a small dish
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɔːsər ʃeɪpt/
translation icon : en forma de plato
  • The smaller saucer-shaped formations on the surface of the moon are called craters.
  • saucer-shaped flowers
  • flying saucer-shaped

Maybe there's a cult inside of our government that has replaced angels with saucer shaped aircraft.

Examples

  • No, not the Winchester Mystery House, which is right out in civilization in front of God and everybody, only a block or two away from the flying-saucer-shaped Century movie complex, if that's still there and called that.

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  • There could easily be something we don't yet understand that would allow us to successfully use a saucer-shaped aircraft.

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  • The artist painted a beautiful scene featuring saucer-shaped flowers.

  • In the science fiction story, the alien spaceship had a distinct saucer-shaped design that amazed everyone.

  • The children laughed as they threw saucer-shaped frisbees across the park.

Synonyms

concave
vssaucer-shaped
5 5.2

Curved inward like the inside of a bowl or spoon

is specifically shallow and rounded rather than any inward curve
dish-shaped
vssaucer-shaped
4.2

Curving inward like a shallow bowl

is similarly shallow but suggests a low circular rim shape
spoon-shaped
vssaucer-shaped
3.5

A shape that is like a spoon with a round shallow hollow

is broader and shallower rather than elongated at one end

How Concave

bowl-shaped
1 3.6
saucer-shaped
1 3.9
curved
6 1.0
flat
797 1.0

Surface Forms

saucer-shaped positive

Morphology

saucer-shaped = saucer + shaped (transparent) = saucer + shape + ed

The target is formed by compounding the noun 'saucer' with the participial adjective 'shaped'.

Etymology

Saucer-shaped comes from saucer, a small, shallow 'dish' used under a cup, and the ending -shaped meaning 'in the form of'. So something saucer-shaped is round and slightly hollow like that dish, which is why we call bowls, flower petals, or some UFO reports 'saucer-shaped'.