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

Scenarios that can be simulated include a home birth and a baby being born in a car park, then being moved with its mother to the delivery room, and then to the neonatal intensive care unit.

From BBC

The laboratory has areas kitted out as "real life" working wards, including a delivery room, a neonatal unit and a theatre.

From BBC

“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

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