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

According to the town’s website, there are multiple public beaches open during the summer with picnic tables, playgrounds and outdoor showers, plus several public boat ramps and fishing piers. —Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2025

You’re encouraged to bring your own chairs, since picnic tables and benches are limited. —Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025

Another family photo captured Harry, Meghan, Archie and Lilibet sitting with paint at a pint-sized picnic table, plus a shot of Meghan appearing to chase after her kids on the beach. —Janine Henni, People.com, 19 May 2025

There’s plenty of places for the characters to move about in addition to the porch: a lawn, a picnic table. —Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 15 May 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