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 set includes one tabletop cover that can cover a 72- by 28-inch picnic table, as well as two bench covers that stretch to fit 12- by 72-inch benches. —Carly Totten, Southern Living, 20 June 2024

The space was closed off by plywood, pallets and metal campus picnic tables. —Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024

Recreation amenities include parking for cars and horse trailers, accessible restrooms, and picnic tables. —Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024

There are concessions here, and visitors have access to grills and picnic tables in the shaded areas. —Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above