1
: a small shallow dish in which a cup is set at table
2
: something resembling a saucer especially in shape
especially
: flying saucer
Examples of saucer in a Sentence
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To play, place different loose tea blends on plain white saucers.
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Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2024
Pour boiling water over. Weigh down with saucer to keep petals under water.
—Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
This appreciation for all things Parisian and petite is a firm tenet of Cooper’s style, proven by the bounty of miniature cups and saucers stacked on shelves, flaky palmiers and frames of romantic French scenery scattered along the walls.
—Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
Layer them over a placemat and saucer, and use them well into spring.
—Gabriella Maestri, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2024
In the last ten years of her life, Apfel and her signature saucer spectacles were inescapable.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
There are also tea wares in burgundy-brown stoneware, a cup and saucer and teapot that reflect the architect’s designs.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
These girly margaritas have a sweet edge—rub rims of chilled glasses with a lime wedge, dip in a saucer of coarse salt and sparkling sugar, and twirl to coat.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
This shifting of weight works well on sleds like toboggans and metal runner sleds but doesn’t work as well on saucers.
—Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 26 Feb. 2024
Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2024
Pour boiling water over. Weigh down with saucer to keep petals under water.
—Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
This appreciation for all things Parisian and petite is a firm tenet of Cooper’s style, proven by the bounty of miniature cups and saucers stacked on shelves, flaky palmiers and frames of romantic French scenery scattered along the walls.
—Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
Layer them over a placemat and saucer, and use them well into spring.
—Gabriella Maestri, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2024
In the last ten years of her life, Apfel and her signature saucer spectacles were inescapable.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
There are also tea wares in burgundy-brown stoneware, a cup and saucer and teapot that reflect the architect’s designs.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
These girly margaritas have a sweet edge—rub rims of chilled glasses with a lime wedge, dip in a saucer of coarse salt and sparkling sugar, and twirl to coat.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
This shifting of weight works well on sleds like toboggans and metal runner sleds but doesn’t work as well on saucers.
—Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 26 Feb. 2024
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saucer
noun
sau·cer
ˈsȯ-sər 
1
: a small round shallow dish in which a cup is set
2
: something like a saucer especially in shape
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