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

"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

Five more lawyers quit, plus one who did so from the hospital delivery room.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2025

There were two nurses in the delivery room the night I was born.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio