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 project will include trail improvements, picnic tables, a playground, an open-air pavilion and landscape enhancements. —Mason Rouser, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024

Fires Creek Falls offers a recreation area equipped with picnic tables, grills, and of course the namesake cascades. —Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024

Camping The park has 51 campsites within walking distance of the spring, all with a picnic table, electricity, and a grill. —Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2024

Ideas Tree House Set Those who are looking to challenge themselves will want to pick up this buildable treehouse that features bedroom cabins, a picnic table, minifigures, and accessories. —Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above