delivery room

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of delivery room¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Quentin is no longer that little discolored alien placed on my chest in the delivery room.

From The Daily Beast

Marin also suggests that forcing men into the delivery room when they would rather be elsewhere is unwise.

From The Daily Beast

Or, perhaps, it has something to do with history—and the fact that dads in the delivery room wasn't always an option.

From The Daily Beast

But a father's presence in the delivery room remains a touchy subject.

From The Daily Beast

Thankfully, Bobby was in the delivery room for the first and the second.

From The Daily Beast

A delivery room shall be provided; it must be ready at all times and used for no other purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

Class C. General hospital with either delivery room or nursery and general hospital using the operating room for delivery.

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Class B. Hospital with maternity department with fully equipped delivery room and nursery.

From Project Gutenberg

Every infant shall be marked for identification before it is taken from delivery room.

From Project Gutenberg

A library has in its delivery room certain shelves on which appear all the new books that are bought, regardless of class.

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