1
: a small shallow dish in which a cup is set at table
2
: something resembling a saucer especially in shape
especially
: flying saucer
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Cover the hole on the top of the terracotta pot with another saucer.
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Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
After watering, drain away any extra fertilizer pooling in your plant saucer so the roots don't sit in soggy soil.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2025
Then came the tray, the sweet clamor of cups and saucers.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
In patients with sickle cell, the namesake cells form when mutant hemoglobin proteins clump together into fibers, deforming red blood cells’ usual saucer shape into a curved sickle, which prevents them from effectively delivering oxygen to tissues.
—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
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Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
After watering, drain away any extra fertilizer pooling in your plant saucer so the roots don't sit in soggy soil.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2025
Then came the tray, the sweet clamor of cups and saucers.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
In patients with sickle cell, the namesake cells form when mutant hemoglobin proteins clump together into fibers, deforming red blood cells’ usual saucer shape into a curved sickle, which prevents them from effectively delivering oxygen to tissues.
—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Saucer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saucer. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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saucer
noun
sau·cer
ˈsȯ-sər 
1
: a small round shallow dish in which a cup is set
2
: something like a saucer especially in shape
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