saucer
Americannoun
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a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
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something resembling a saucer, as in shape.
noun
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a small round dish on which a cup is set
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any similar dish
Other Word Forms
- saucerful noun
- saucerless adjective
Etymology
Origin of saucer
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Old French word saussier. See sauce, -er 2
Example Sentences
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George aero-commutes in a glass-domed saucer that folds into a briefcase, and still manages to get stuck in traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Among the munitions were dozens of thick, green plastic discs about the diameter of a saucer.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025
She cited an old adage: The House of Representatives is the hot tea, and the Senate is the saucer where things cool down.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2024
Another spacecraft will then snag the samples and send them to Earth, where they’ll fall to the same Utah desert where Hays watched the saucer drop last year.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2024
She set her spoon down on her saucer.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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