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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If the pot is in a saucer to catch excess water, make sure to empty it out to help keep your plant's roots healthy.
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Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2025
Another perfect suburban facade, another saucer full of secrets being messily slurped in the shadows.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Equal parts firm and flexible, this saucer bends just the right amount to slip down hills and glide around curves.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 7 Jan. 2025
Much is slid under the saucer of Alice Coltrane’s Monument Eternal (Akashic Books, $19.95), which also pursues formlessness and maternal hardship, albeit from the cryptic climes of the astral plane.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2025
Another perfect suburban facade, another saucer full of secrets being messily slurped in the shadows.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Equal parts firm and flexible, this saucer bends just the right amount to slip down hills and glide around curves.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 7 Jan. 2025
Much is slid under the saucer of Alice Coltrane’s Monument Eternal (Akashic Books, $19.95), which also pursues formlessness and maternal hardship, albeit from the cryptic climes of the astral plane.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Saucer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saucer. Accessed 27 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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