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
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.
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saucers
plates
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More than once, activists documented people on Terminal Island, a part of LA, removing plates from vehicles.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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Its hot water function makes quick work of sticky messes on the floor (a godsend in my house, since my kids have taken to tipping plates with maple syrup onto the floor) and the steam cleaning setting easily clears deeper stains and eliminates odors.—
Editors of Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Saucers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saucers. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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