button-sorting
nounUK /ˈbʌtən ˈsɔːtɪŋ/
US /ˈbʌtən ˈsɔːrtɪŋ/
Button-sorting is putting buttons into groups by color, size, or shape.
We did button-sorting at the table and made a pile of all the red ones.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The activity of arranging buttons in order, such as from smallest to biggest.
Her button-sorting put the tiny buttons first and the big ones last.
3. A game where children race to put buttons into the right bowls.
The button-sorting game was the favorite at the party.
4. A way to clean up by putting buttons back into their correct boxes.
Button-sorting took only five minutes after craft time.