trinketbox

noun
UK /ˈtrɪŋkɪtbɒks/
US /ˈtrɪŋkɪtbɑːks/

A trinketbox is a small box where you keep tiny pretty things.

She put her lucky coin and a shiny bead in the trinketbox on her dresser.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A decorative container used to store small personal ornaments and mementos.

The antique trinketbox was inlaid with mother-of-pearl.

3. A small lidded vessel often given as a gift or souvenir.

He brought back a painted trinketbox from his trip to Portugal.

4. A figuratively small place where someone keeps cherished memories or secrets.

Her diary was a trinketbox of childhood memories.