saucer

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 Complete with matching saucers, these teacups are both dishwasher and microwave safe. Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2025 Inside a lit paned-glass veranda, an older man in a dark sport coat with white piping and a knotted neck scarf tapped out his pipe on a saucer. Literary Hub, 26 June 2025 Saturate cotton balls with clove, lemongrass, or anise essential oils and place them in a saucer near where ants might access a feeder. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 May 2025 Allow the plant to drip dry before returning it to its saucer, and flush the soil with water again in a few hours or the following day. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for saucer
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plate
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    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Saucer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saucer. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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