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
Sit the pot in a shallow container, like a saucer or bin filled with several inches of water.
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Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2025
When the Oilers held a man advantage, McDavid capitalized by making a nifty saucer pass to teammate Leon Draisaitl, who flew in front of the net to get the puck past Panthers' goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025
And of course, no one is going to forget the image of Nicole Kidman on all fours lapping it from a saucer in Halina Reijn’s 2024 erotic thriller, Babygirl.
—Ashliene McMenamy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 May 2025
Attach a saucer or cup of water above or below the feeder to attach to the fishing line.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
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Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2025
When the Oilers held a man advantage, McDavid capitalized by making a nifty saucer pass to teammate Leon Draisaitl, who flew in front of the net to get the puck past Panthers' goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025
And of course, no one is going to forget the image of Nicole Kidman on all fours lapping it from a saucer in Halina Reijn’s 2024 erotic thriller, Babygirl.
—Ashliene McMenamy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 May 2025
Attach a saucer or cup of water above or below the feeder to attach to the fishing line.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saucer
plate
Noun
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The photographic plate lights up bright right across from the slit and dims further away from it.—
Matt von Hippel,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2025
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Alejandro Kirk hit a grounder to third and Josh Rojas fired to the plate to throw out Bo Bichette.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2025
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“Saucer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saucer. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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