English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "piering" is 'n klein vlak skottel, tipies met 'n sirkelvormige inkeping in die middel, waarop 'n koppie geplaas word. Dit word dikwels gebruik om 'n teekoppie vas te hou, en kan ook gebruik word om ander klein items soos speserye of versnaperinge te hou. Die woord kan ook verwys na 'n vlieënde piering, 'n term wat gebruik word om 'n vermeende tipe vlieënde vaartuig van buiteaardse oorsprong te beskryf.

Synonyms

  1. discus

Sentence Examples

  1. He paused as the waiter placed a cup and saucer in front of him.
  2. In total agreement, I turned the radio off and returned to the Flying Saucer in blissful, thoughtful silence.
  3. Passepartout was ravished to behold this celebrated place, and thought that, with its circular walls and dismantled fort, it looked like an immense coffee-cup and saucer.
  4. We eventually got there and I parked on a dark side street in view of the Flying Saucer.
  5. Agnes looked away and hastily returned the cup, which she had held poised in mid air for several minutes, back onto the saucer.
  6. Joseph Smollet at home and in his shirtsleeves, taking a late tea out of a saucer.
  7. To her surprise, he accepted the cup and began sipping, holding the saucer in his left hand rather than setting it down.
  8. Agnes was about to replace her cup on the saucer when she saw a man entering the dining room.
  9. Agnes sat back in her chair and pushed her cup and saucer away from her.
  10. He draws the cup and saucer closer to the edge of the table.