buttonbowl

noun
UK /ˈbʌtənbəʊl/
US /ˈbʌtənboʊl/

A buttonbowl is a small bowl where you keep buttons.

She found a red button in the buttonbowl.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A decorative bowl shaped like a large button.

The potter sold a blue buttonbowl at the craft fair.

3. A game where players toss buttons into a bowl.

The kids played buttonbowl at the birthday party.

4. A shallow dish used to hold spare buttons on a sewing table.

Grandma kept her buttonbowl next to the sewing machine.