| 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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