delivery room
Americannoun
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an area in a hospital equipped for delivering babies.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of delivery room
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Francis was in the delivery room shooting video, which was very unusual at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
The laboratory has areas kitted out as "real life" working wards, including a delivery room, a neonatal unit and a theatre.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 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
Okula rushed back to the delivery room in a shocked state and found “15 people doing all these different interventions to bring her back.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025
Mama said they went back and forth about my name, even in the delivery room before I was born.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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