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

If the weather promises to be nice, pull the picnic tables together for a casual potluck gathering full of everyone's favorite Easter food. —Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025

Its multi-use pieces include garden benches that convert into picnic tables, loveseats that transform into daybeds, and side tables that have hidden cooler functions. —Shea Simmons, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025

Outdoor furniture Bronius 4-person rectangular outdoor dining set: on sale for $399.99 Original price: $649.99 (Wayfair) Don’t get just any picnic table for your backyard; instead, go with this modern four-person rectangular outdoor dining set. —Christopher Murray, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025

Pair with gingham napkins and a long picnic table to complete the barnyard look. —Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 22 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for picnic table

• damnable
• disable
• enable
• roundtable
• timetable
• turntable
• unable
• unstable
• able
• chaebol
• fable
• label