as in plate
a small, round dish that you put a cup on
The tea was served in elegant white teacups with red saucers.
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Recent Examples of saucer
Another perfect suburban facade, another saucer full of secrets being messily slurped in the shadows.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Equal parts firm and flexible, this saucer bends just the right amount to slip down hills and glide around curves.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 7 Jan. 2025
Much is slid under the saucer of Alice Coltrane’s Monument Eternal (Akashic Books, $19.95), which also pursues formlessness and maternal hardship, albeit from the cryptic climes of the astral plane.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Discard any excess water which remains in the saucer after 10 minutes.
—Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 29 Nov. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Equal parts firm and flexible, this saucer bends just the right amount to slip down hills and glide around curves.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 7 Jan. 2025
Much is slid under the saucer of Alice Coltrane’s Monument Eternal (Akashic Books, $19.95), which also pursues formlessness and maternal hardship, albeit from the cryptic climes of the astral plane.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Discard any excess water which remains in the saucer after 10 minutes.
—Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 29 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for saucer
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“Saucer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saucer. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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