picnic

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A meal that you take outdoors to eat, often in a park or the countryside.

   We had a lovely picnic by the river on Sunday.

2. 2
   verb

   To eat a meal outdoors for pleasure.

   We picnicked under a big tree near the lake.

3. 3
   noun

   Something that is very easy or pleasant to do (often used in the negative).

   Moving house in one day was no picnic.

Borrowed from French pique-nique.

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