baggage claim

noun

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

Examples of baggage claim in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Checking your flights at MIA MIA has several ways to check flights, including a list of airlines, their door number, departure concourse, check-in counter location and baggage claim area. — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

Next to the baggage claim, Pissenem’s chauffeurs held up iPhones for the visiting DJs who’d flown commercial. — Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026

This two-pack comes in easy-to-spot colors like hot pink, neon green, bright purple, pretty lavender, royal blue, yellow, and orange, for lots of variety that will stand out on any baggage claim. — Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

Elsewhere in the photo carousel, all four of the couple's kids (Luna, 10; Miles, 8; Wren; and Esti) posed together at baggage claim. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baggage claim

• acclaim
• aflame
• airframe
• ballgame
• became
• declaim
• defame
• disclaim
• doorframe
• exclaim
• inflame
• mainframe