SAUCER-SHAPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saucer-shaped mean? 

• SAUCER-SHAPED (adjective)
  The adjective SAUCER-SHAPED has 1 sense:

1. having a concave shape like a saucer

  Familiarity information: SAUCER-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAUCER-SHAPED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a concave shape like a saucer

Similar:

concave (curving inward)

 Context examples 

A dustier environment in the gap might have meant the spacecraft's saucer-shaped main antenna would be needed as a shield during most future dives through the ring plane.

(Cassini Finds 'The Big Empty' Close to Saturn, NASA)

When Cassini first begins to encounter Saturn's atmosphere, the spacecraft's attitude control thrusters will begin firing in short bursts to work against the thin gas and keep Cassini's saucer-shaped high-gain antenna pointed at Earth to relay the mission's precious final data.

(Cassini Spacecraft Makes Its Final Approach to Saturn, NASA)