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saucer

[saw-ser] / ˈsɔ sər /


NOUN
dish antenna
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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

I pulled a sample cup out of the stack, filled it with a pump of Orange Blossom Awesome, and offered it to Trent, using my flat palm as a sort of saucer.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

After she downsized, she opened her cupboard and showed him four plates, four saucers, four cups and four bowls.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

"For some time we have been concerned by the recurring reports on flying saucers," a document in that file said.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

The room was dimly lit, with an espresso machine and several small tables where men in suits sat with tiny cups and saucers before them.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024

Over-sized cups and saucers, laden with delicious-looking treats, stand next to teapots of many colours, ready to be wheeled on for rehearsals.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024

He had a pile of saucers in front of him, and he needed a shave.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway


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