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

Nearby, Aya Kalas, 28, and her soon-to-be fiancé, Khalid al-Qadi, 26, sat at a picnic table enjoying the view. —Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025

Photo: Courtesy of Airbnb Nestled by a peaceful river, this home features several areas for relaxing and connecting, from the wraparound deck and sprawling living area to the backyard with its welcoming picnic table. —Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2024

Two football helmets bake in the afternoon sun atop a picnic table, one wearing a Guardian Cap and the other bare. —Alex Prewitt, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024

Outside, on the picnic table, the Professor tries to recharge the dead batteries to the radio with seawater and a bamboo tube. —Mark Richard, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above