picnic
[noun]
Synonyms: excursion, outdoor meal, outing

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English Thesaurus: breakfast, brunch, lunch, tea, dinner, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. pic‧nic¹ /ˈpɪknɪk/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: pique-nique]

1. if you have a picnic, you take food and eat it outdoors, especially in the country:
We decided to have a picnic down by the lake.
go on/for a picnic
We could go on a picnic today.
a picnic table
There is free parking for visitors, as well as a restaurant and picnic area (=a special area with tables where people can have a picnic).
picnic site/spot/place (=a place that is suitable or pleasant for a picnic)
We found a lovely picnic spot by the river.
picnic basket/hamper (=a container in which you can carry food for a picnic)
► Do not say ‘do a picnic’ or ‘make a picnic’. Say have a picnic.

2. British English the food that you take to eat outdoors on a picnic:
We’ll take a picnic with us.
picnic lunch/tea/supper
We ate our picnic lunch by the river.

3. be no picnic informal if something is no picnic, it is very difficult and needs a lot of effort or hard work:
Bringing up six children is no picnic!

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. picnic² verb (past tense and past participle picnicked, present participle picnicking) [intransitive]
to have a picnic:
We picnicked on the beach.
—picnicker noun [countable]:
The area is very popular with picnickers.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

picnic
noun
VERB + PICNIC go for/on, have Lets have a picnic down by the river.
make Will you help me make a picnic?
bring, take We took a picnic and spent the day watching the races.
pack, unpack
PICNIC + NOUN basket, blanket, hamper, rug, set, table | lunch, tea | area, place, site, spot

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

picnic

have a picnic
They were having a picnic on the beach.
go on/go for a picnic
If it's fine, we'll go for a picnic.
a picnic area/site (=a special area with tables where people can have picnics)
There is a picnic area next to the car park.
a picnic spot/place (=a place that is suitable for a picnic)
We found a beautiful picnic spot.
a picnic table
a picnic basket/hamper (=a container in which you carry food for a picnic)

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

picnic
noun
1.
BAD: We decided to make a picnic in the field opposite the house.
GOOD: We decided to have a picnic in the field opposite the house.

Usage Note:
DO · HAVE · MAKE · TAKE
Many phrases begin with a very common very such as do, make, have, or take : ‘I felt very nervous about taking the test but, after having a long talk with Mrs Fisher, I decided I would just do my best and try not to make too many silly mistakes .’ These verbs can be combined with some nouns but not with others and since they do not have a clear meaning of their own, choosing the right combination can be a problem. Phrases which tend to cause difficulty are shown below.
HAVE
have a bath (or esp. AmE take ) ‘She’s probably upstairs having a bath.’
Have (your) breakfast ‘We usually have breakfast in the kitchen.’
Have (your) dinner ‘We had dinner and then went for a walk.’
Have a drink ‘I’ll collapse if I don’t have a drink soon.’
Have (an) experience ‘He has no experience of running a large company.’
Have fun ‘You can’t stop people from having fun.’
Have a holiday ‘It’s almost a year since we had a real holiday.’
Have an interview ‘I’ve had six interviews but no one has offered me a job.’
Have a lesson ‘Every morning we have three fifty-minute lessons.’
Have (your) lunch ‘Isn’t it about time we had lunch?’
Have an operation ‘Before I had the operation I could hardly walk.’
Have a party ‘On Saturday we’re having a party.’
Have a picnic ‘If it’s sunny we could have a picnic.’
Have a shower (or esp. AmE take) ‘It only takes me a minute to have a shower.’
TAKE
Take/do an examination ‘Why do we have to take so many tests?’
Take (your) medicine ‘Don’t forget to take your medicine.’
Take a pill ‘He refuses to take sleeping pills.’
Take/do a test ‘The last test I took was a disaster.’
MAKE
Make an effort ‘I had to make a big effort not to laugh.’
Make a journey ‘It was the first journey he’d made all on his own.’
Make a mistake ‘He has made a serious mistake.’
Make a noise ‘How can one small child make so much noise?’
Make progress ‘I made very little progress at the start of the course.’
DO
Do your best ‘Don’t worry, Tim. Just do your best.’
Do (or cause) damage ‘The storm did a lot of damage to the crops.’
Do an exercise ‘Have you done your exercises today?’
Do an experiment ‘To do this experiment, you’ll need two eggs.’
Do (sb) good ‘The holiday has done him a lot of good.’
Do harm ‘A scandal would do his reputation a lot of harm.’
Do your homework ‘Have you done your homework yet?’
Do a job ‘I’ve got one or two jobs to do this evening.’
Do the/some shopping ‘Jake has gone into town to do some shopping.’
Do research ‘We need to do a lot more research.’
Do things ‘We’ve done lots of different things today.’
Do your training ‘Where did you do your training?’
Note also: do something/anything etc: ‘I can’t come now – I’m doing something.’ ‘He hasn’t done anything wrong.'

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2.
BAD: On our day off, we went picnic.
GOOD: On our day off, we went on a picnic.

Usage Note:
go on/for a picnic (NOT go picnic/go to/on picnic: 'The last time I went on a picnic I was chased by a bull.' 'Lucy loves going on picnics.'

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

breakfast a meal that you eat in the morning
brunch a meal that you eat in the late morning, instead of breakfast or lunch
lunch a meal that you eat in the middle of the day
tea British English a meal that you eat in the afternoon or evening
dinner the main meal of the day, which most people eat in the evening
supper a small meal that you eat in the evening, in British English; the main meal that you eat in the evening, in American English
picnic a meal that you eat outdoors, consisting of food that you cooked or prepared earlier
barbecue a meal that you cook outdoors over hot coals or wood and eat outdoors
snack a small amount of food that is eaten between main meals or instead of a meal
side dish food eaten with the main course, such as vegetables:
I’ll have the salad as a side dish.
course one of the separate parts of a meal, such as the starter or the dessert:
a three-course meal
bake to cook things such as bread or cakes in an oven:
Tom baked a cake for my birthday.
roast to cook meat or vegetables in an oven:
Roast the potatoes for an hour.
fry to cook food in hot oil:
She was frying some mushrooms.
stir-fry to fry small pieces of food while moving them around continuously:
stir-fried tofu and bean sprouts
sauté /ˈsəʊteɪ $ soʊˈteɪ/ to fry vegetables for a short time in a small amount of butter or oil:
Sauté the potatoes in butter.
grill to cook food over or under strong heat:
grilled fish
broil American English to cook food under heat:
broiled fish
boil to cook something in very hot water:
He doesn’t even know how to boil an egg.
English people seem to love boiled vegetables.
steam to cook vegetables over hot water:
Steam the rice for 15 minutes.
poach to cook food, especially fish or eggs, slowly in hot water:
poached salmon
toast to cook the outside surfaces of bread:
toasted muffins
microwave to cook food in a microwave oven:
The beans can be microwaved.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

breakfast a meal that you eat in the morning
brunch a meal that you eat in the late morning, instead of breakfast or lunch
lunch a meal that you eat in the middle of the day
tea British English a meal that you eat in the afternoon or evening
dinner the main meal of the day, which most people eat in the evening
supper a small meal that you eat in the evening, in British English; the main meal that you eat in the evening, in American English
picnic a meal that you eat outdoors, consisting of food that you cooked or prepared earlier
barbecue a meal that you cook outdoors over hot coals or wood and eat outdoors
snack a small amount of food that is eaten between main meals or instead of a meal
side dish food eaten with the main course, such as vegetables:
I’ll have the salad as a side dish.
course one of the separate parts of a meal, such as the starter or the dessert:
a three-course meal
hors d'oeuvre (also starter British English, appetizer American English) the small first part of a meal:
a tempting plate of hors d'oeuvres including olives and small pieces of roast beetroot
main course (also entrée especially American English) the main part of a meal. entrée is used especially on restaurant menus:
For the main course we had cheese and onion pie.
The menu includes a few hot entrées.
dessert (also pudding British English or sweet British English) sweet food eaten at the end of a meal:
What do you want for dessert?
They serve a wide range of desserts, including ice cream and home-made apple pie.

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PICNIC
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