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 glamping tents also have hammocks, a fire pit, an outdoor grill, a picnic table, and camping chairs. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024

From the real gold air vents, speaker grilles and air flow controls, to the rear picnic tables that feature a gold map of Fort Knox, the gold bullion storage facility targeted by Auric Goldfinger in the 1964 Bond movie. —Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024

The Chantry Flat picnic area, which has flush toilets and sinks, has also been restored and includes a wheelchair-accessible ramp leading to picnic tables. —Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024

In some communities, communication is akin to a town crier on a picnic table amid where people can safely gather for updates. —Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above