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

In spring, summer and fall, guests can find a place to spread a blanket on the Sheep Meadow or the Great Lawn, or sit on picnic tables near the pickleball courts and enjoy a gourmet lunch packed in a picnic basket prepared by the hotel’s culinary team. —Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Midday Monday, signs stood at the pool’s entrances announcing the closure, while a group of close to 50 lifeguards ate lunch at picnic tables inside. —Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026

For The Times) Bass, conversely, wound down after a day of union rallies by eating tacos at the Yosemite Recreation Center’s picnic tables in Eagle Rock with several local politicians, including Councilmember Monica Rodriguez and county Democratic Party Chair Mark Ramos. —Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026

The fluffy wonders known as Southern-style biscuits are a must-have on any picnic table in this region of the country. —Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 31 May 2026

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