saucer
noun
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
saucerful
-
a word derived from
saucer.
Example Sentences
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Working with just ones, noughts, and a saucerful of secrets, these ground-breaking artists stand front and centre of any modern corporate or commerical strategy.
From Forbes ● Jun. 30, 2015
It later aroused considerable speculation as to how, without being sadly watered down, a good saucerful of TV fun could fill a regulation soup bowl of a play.
From Time Magazine Archive
The milk carton was almost empty, but if she diluted what was left with a little warm water there was just enough for a saucerful.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
"Half a saucerful of gold-dust out of the hole!"
From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung
He gazed at her over the edge of the saucerful of tea, which he had previously cooled by blowing noisily upon it.
From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Hebert Jenkins
