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

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The cabins have front decks and the Airstreams step out to picnic tables and fire pits. Alison Osius, Outside Online, 31 Jan. 2025 For instance, a child climbing on a picnic table at the park might be redirected to some climbing equipment at a playground. Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 15 Jan. 2025 The tour also includes a Floating Feni Experience where guests can try a range of feni cocktails and Goan snacks while sitting on a long picnic table set up in a shallow river. Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024 Helicopter footage of the event captured images of workers around picnic tables outside the plant, some doubled over and with their heads down. Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for picnic table 

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of picnic table was in 1866

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“Picnic table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picnic%20table. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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