baggage claim

noun

: the area in an airport where arriving passengers pick up their checked baggage

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Stock image of airport baggage claim. Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 There are already tons of options on sale ahead of Labor Day, including an assortment of flexible yoga pants, buttery-soft leggings, wide-leg trousers, and more that’ll take you from baggage claim to your first item on your travel itinerary. Bria McNeal, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2025 Behind each flight shuttling travelers to their destinations is a web of technologies working in real time to keep the journey safe, efficient and seamless, from booking to baggage claim. Pavel Bykov, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 What will baggage claim and security be like? Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for baggage claim

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of baggage claim was in 1949

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“Baggage claim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baggage%20claim. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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