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
Ruppelt arrived in Washington on UFO business Monday morning to find every major paper splashed with headlines about saucers.
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Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
Just be sure to use plant saucers to prevent water from leaking out of the base of your pots.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 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, 12 Dec. 2025
The wide, shallow bowls of Ferm Living’s champagne saucers allow your beverage to diffuse the aromatics and flavor notes generously around your palate.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2025
As the sun sets, the room bounces in the light of flickering tapers, dripping wax in shades of merlot and blush down to their vintage saucers.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Still, his eyes were like saucers, looking around at all the activity, our quiet evening at home having morphed into a scene from a hospital drama.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
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.
—Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Then came the tray, the sweet clamor of cups and saucers.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
Just be sure to use plant saucers to prevent water from leaking out of the base of your pots.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 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, 12 Dec. 2025
The wide, shallow bowls of Ferm Living’s champagne saucers allow your beverage to diffuse the aromatics and flavor notes generously around your palate.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2025
As the sun sets, the room bounces in the light of flickering tapers, dripping wax in shades of merlot and blush down to their vintage saucers.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Still, his eyes were like saucers, looking around at all the activity, our quiet evening at home having morphed into a scene from a hospital drama.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
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.
—Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Then came the tray, the sweet clamor of cups and saucers.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saucers
plates
Noun
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From comfort food classics to more elevated plates, several bites stood out at a preview event.—
Alexa Stone
January 9,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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Your purchase includes dinner plates, salad plates, pasta bowls, cereal bowls, and mugs — enough for six people.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Saucers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saucers. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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