According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
discus, saucer
(noun) a disk used in throwing competitions
dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer
(noun) directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
saucer
(noun) a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table
disk, disc, saucer
(noun) something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; “the moon’s disk hung in a cloudless sky”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
saucer (plural saucers)
A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
An object round and gently curved (shaped like a saucer).
(obsolete) A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
saucer (third-person singular simple present saucers, present participle saucering, simple past and past participle saucered)
(transitive) To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.
• SACEUR, Surace, causer, cesura
Source: Wiktionary
Sau"cer, n. Etym: [F. saucière, from sauce. see Sauce.]
1. A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table. [Obs.] 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. Specifically: (a) A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships. (b) A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan. Flying saucer, a type of Unidentified Flying Object, having a biconvex discoid shape; such objects are occasionally reported to have been sighted, but no example of one has been reliably shown to exist. They are believed by ufologists to originate in outer space, but they are generally presumed to be misinterpretations of ordinary phenomena, illusions or imaginary objects. Fraudulent photographs purporting to show flying saucers are published from time to time.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.