NOUN | time | picnic, field day, outing | a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering |
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act | picnic, cinch, breeze, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake | any undertaking that is easy to do | |
food | picnic | any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion | |
VERB | consumption | picnic | eat alfresco, in the open air |
Sounds | pih'knih.k | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering. | |
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Synonyms | field day, outing | |
Broader | vacation, holiday | leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure |
Spanish | pícnic, picnic | |
Catalan | pícnic |
Meaning | Any undertaking that is easy to do. | |
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Example | "marketing this product will be no picnic" | |
Synonyms | cinch, breeze, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake | |
Narrower | doddle | An easy task |
Broader | undertaking, project, task, labor | Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted |
Spanish | juego de niños, pan comido | |
Catalan | bufar i fer ampolles, peix al cove |
Meaning | Any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion. | |
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Narrower | cookout | An informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors |
Broader | meal, repast | The food served and eaten at one time |
Spanish | jira, picnic | |
Catalan | picnic, pícnic | |
Verbs | picnic | eat alfresco, in the open air |
Meaning | eat alfresco, in the open air. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | Sam and Sue picnic | |
Example | "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday" | |
Broader | eat | Eat a meal |
Spanish | hacer picnic, ir de picnic | |
Nouns | picnic | any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion |
picnicker, picknicker | a person who is picnicking |
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