delivery room

American  

noun

1. an area in a hospital equipped for delivering babies.

2. a room or area in which deliveries are made or received, as the section of a public library where books are taken out or returned.

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Etymology

Origin of delivery room

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Francis was in the delivery room shooting video, which was very unusual at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

“My mother, my grandmother actually was in the delivery room with me and they had on like clown suits because they were ready for the party,” Drake said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2025

A decade later, by the mid-1960s, it was rare for babies to be removed from the delivery room without being individually labelled.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

"Instead of holding my wife’s hand in the delivery room, I was crouched on a detention center floor, whispering through a crackling phone line as she labored alone," Khalil wrote.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2025

I went down the hall to the delivery room.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway