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 Among the sights are dozens of Amazon boxes haphazardly stacked on a picnic table and a basket of once fresh, now rotting peaches that Berkowitz hadn’t managed to feed to his ducks. Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024 The parking area includes restrooms and picnic tables sheltered in a small barn right off State Route 260. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024 Three enormous group camping sites feature six picnic tables and two fire rings are optimal for bigger outings. Axios Local, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024 The result is a dispersed exhibit of picnic tables engraved with poems by a variety of modern writers selected by Limón. Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 30 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for picnic table 

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Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 18 Aug. 2024.

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