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
This set comes with four cups and saucers made of durable stoneware.
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Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Artists could produce paint with cakes by dipping them in water and then rubbing them on a saucer.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
In contrast, saucer feeders allow the hummingbird to use its long tongue, as long as bees don’t enter and block the ports.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
This one from interior designer Kelly Wearstler has four breakfast plates, four bowls, four coffee cups and saucers, four starter plates, four dinner plates, and four deep plates, all ceramic and dishwasher-safe.
—Erika Owen, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2025
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Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Artists could produce paint with cakes by dipping them in water and then rubbing them on a saucer.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
In contrast, saucer feeders allow the hummingbird to use its long tongue, as long as bees don’t enter and block the ports.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
This one from interior designer Kelly Wearstler has four breakfast plates, four bowls, four coffee cups and saucers, four starter plates, four dinner plates, and four deep plates, all ceramic and dishwasher-safe.
—Erika Owen, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saucer
plate
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The 12 plate appearances over three straight hitless games is tied for second-longest drought of his young career.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 May 2025
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An all-German cheese plate for dessert was a standout—especially a raw milk, mushroomy beauty that oozed onto the plate.—
Hannah Howard,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2025
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“Saucer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saucer. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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