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

The yard has picnic tables and a dedicated play area for kids. —Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Nov. 2024

The child was playing with other children close to the family’s picnic table when the big cat attacked, officials with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said. —Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024

There’s a lake and a yard with a fire pit, a picnic table, and strung tea lights. —Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2024

These more remote sites have a picnic table and fire ring, but no water and electricity. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above