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

At the scene, officers found Trumpp sitting on the ground and bleeding from her neck as people surrounded her near a picnic table pavilion, according to court records. —Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026

The Commons of Castle Hills has a playground and a Little Free Library as well as a walking path, some picnic tables and a small pavilion. —Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Mar. 2026

However, pit toilets, picnic tables, water and food storage boxes are provided. —Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026

Ninety minutes before Arizona and Long Island tipped off a day of Madness at Viejas Arena, a group of guys tailgated at a picnic table adjacent to the San Diego State football practice field. —Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 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