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 Grants Pass, that has meant tents, tarps and other belongings dot parks while public benches and picnic tables are often used for sleeping. —

Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024 All but one of the roads, Soda Lake Road off Highway 58, are unpaved, and even Soda Lake Road becomes an unpaved, rutted road five miles south of the Goodwin Education Center, which features restrooms and picnic tables, along with books, gifts and exhibits. —

Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024 There are three oceanfront parks with restrooms, showers, and picnic tables, and 40 beach access points. —

Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2024 There’s a large shade awning with several picnic tables underneath, plus ponds with turtles and fish, including catfish, bluegill and bass. —

Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024 Amenities: 38 modern campsites; picnic tables, grills, water and electric hookups. —

Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 The picture-perfect islet has bathroom facilities and picnic tables and is frequented by locals and visitors alike. —

Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024 The actress shared a snap of the mother-daughter duo twinning in overalls and posing on a picnic table just as summer kicked off. —

Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024 The site provides hammocks, a charcoal grill, a wood fire pit and a picnic table. —

Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024

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