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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Complete with matching saucers, these teacups are both dishwasher and microwave safe.
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Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2025
Inside a lit paned-glass veranda, an older man in a dark sport coat with white piping and a knotted neck scarf tapped out his pipe on a saucer.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Saturate cotton balls with clove, lemongrass, or anise essential oils and place them in a saucer near where ants might access a feeder.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
Allow the plant to drip dry before returning it to its saucer, and flush the soil with water again in a few hours or the following day.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2025
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Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2025
Inside a lit paned-glass veranda, an older man in a dark sport coat with white piping and a knotted neck scarf tapped out his pipe on a saucer.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Saturate cotton balls with clove, lemongrass, or anise essential oils and place them in a saucer near where ants might access a feeder.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
Allow the plant to drip dry before returning it to its saucer, and flush the soil with water again in a few hours or the following day.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2025
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“Saucer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saucer. Accessed 25 Jul. 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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