picnic table

noun

plural picnic tables

: a table that is designed for picnicking and that typically has adjacent or attached benches for sitting

Parking lots are small, and just a few parks have … water, rest rooms, or picnic tables.

—Sunset

Their RV and tent sites feature a picnic table, fire pit, electricity, cable, and water and sewer hookups, varying with sites.

—Moira McCarthy

… the only stop was at a rest area which contained no … beverage machines or vending machines—just one picnic table offering no shade and a couple of overflowing garbage cans.

—Melissa A. Pindroh

It is midweek and Marino sits in the twilight at an outdoor picnic table next to the laundry room at the Dolphins' practice facility.

—Rick Telander

We sat outside, hunched over a picnic table in the small bricked-in patio behind her house.

—Tim Findley

Examples of picnic table in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Snorkel the island’s fronting rocks for epic marine life spotting, walk the loop, then gather at a picnic table for dinner under the stars. —Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025

Elizabeth’s parents, as well as her husband, Billy Evans, were photographed at the facility, walking through the prison yard and talking at a picnic table. —Alex Gurley, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025

Have lunch or dinner inside or sit out at a picnic table in the garden. —Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2025

The Saguaro Lake Marina also has a restaurant, boat concession and picnic tables. —Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for picnic table

• damnable
• disable
• enable
• roundtable
• timetable
• turntable
• unable
• unstable
• able
• chaebol
• fable
• label