delivery room

NOUN

hospital room equipped for delivering babies

Synonyms

WEAK

birthing center birthing room hospital room labor room

Example Sentences

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The two women were together in the delivery room when the baby was born the following spring.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

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

Ashima was fully dilated and being taken to the delivery room, the person on the other end had said.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri