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

The facility, accessible via a walkway past the baggage claim area, helps make room for concourse A to stretch to the west of the terminal where the old rental car lot remains, according to Kathleen Watkins, the airport’s interim director. — Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026

Writer, artist, and advocate Tallulah Willis and musician Justin Acee’s first in-person meet-up was at Delta baggage claim. — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026

Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Delta have policies promising to get checked bags to baggage claim within 20 minutes on eligible flights. — Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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

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