as in plates
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 saucers
People have seen weird stuff in the sky for thousands of years, and only in the last eighty have flying saucers been a popular interpretation.
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Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Get the entire tea set with matching cups and saucers and your future grandchildren will argue about who gets it for years to come.
—Elissa Suh, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2025
Check for standing water in plant saucers, bathroom buckets, or pet bowls, and then dump, clean, and refill them regularly to break the breeding cycle.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2025
Then came the tray, the sweet clamor of cups and saucers.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Purchase several resin or plastic plant saucers that can be switched out each morning so the birds have fresh water daily.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
One guy’s eyes went as wide as saucers.
—Virginia Madsen, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
Some are shaped like shallow bowls or saucers, whereas others have vertical walls.
—Associated Press, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes do not need much water to reproduce and tend to lay eggs just above the water line in small, artificial sources of water, like buckets, pet dishes, fountains and bird baths, plant pots and saucers and old tires.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Get the entire tea set with matching cups and saucers and your future grandchildren will argue about who gets it for years to come.
—Elissa Suh, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2025
Check for standing water in plant saucers, bathroom buckets, or pet bowls, and then dump, clean, and refill them regularly to break the breeding cycle.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2025
Then came the tray, the sweet clamor of cups and saucers.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Purchase several resin or plastic plant saucers that can be switched out each morning so the birds have fresh water daily.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
One guy’s eyes went as wide as saucers.
—Virginia Madsen, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
Some are shaped like shallow bowls or saucers, whereas others have vertical walls.
—Associated Press, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes do not need much water to reproduce and tend to lay eggs just above the water line in small, artificial sources of water, like buckets, pet dishes, fountains and bird baths, plant pots and saucers and old tires.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saucers
plates
Noun
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Gospel music played on speakers, family members served chicken soup, strangers hugged each other, friends left carrying several plates stuffed with leftover food.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Luna Grill serves kabobs, pitas, salads and plates with a choice of chicken, beef, lamb, shrimp, salmon and falafel.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Saucers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saucers. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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