Small shallow dish (6)
I believe the answer is:
saucer
'small shallow dish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for saucer that I've seen before include "Piece of crockery, maybe flying" , "Cup supporter" , "If flying, it would have alien pilots" , "Piece of crockery, mysterious when flying" , "See 1" .)