baggage claim

noun

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

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These are the hard-working spinners that glide through terminals and survive baggage claim chaos. Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026 The two new exits, the airport says, provide more direct access to baggage claim, car rentals, ground transportation and shuttles. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026 The airport also hired additional staff to help coordinate baggage claim efforts. Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Feb. 2026 Best Travel Shirts on Amazon There are lots of ways to stay cozy during a flight—or in the TSA line, or while curling up in an exhausted ball at the gate, or while checking my watch every two minutes at baggage claim—that don’t involve my ratty college sweatshirt. Annie Blackman, InStyle, 24 Jan. 2026 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 15 Mar. 2026.

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