- an occasion when people pack a meal and take it to eat outdoors, especially in the countryside
- It's a nice day. Let's go for a picnic.
- We had a picnic beside the river.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- family
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- church
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- the meal, usually consisting of sandwiches, salad and fruit, etc. that you take with you when you go on a picnic
- Let's eat our picnic by the lake.
- a picnic lunch
- a picnic basket
- We took a picnic and spent the day watching the races.
- Will you help me make a picnic?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- family
- school
- church
- …
- go for
- go on
- have
- …
- basket
- bench
- blanket
- …
Word Originmid 18th cent. (denoting a social event at which each guest contributes a share of the food): from French pique-nique, of unknown origin.
Idioms
See picnic in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe no picnic
- (informal) to be difficult and cause a lot of problems
- Bringing up a family when you're unemployed is no picnic.
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