sanitizer
Americannoun
Usage
What does sanitizer mean? Sanitizer is a substance or fluid designed to kill germs on skin and objects.To sanitize means to clean something by removing the dirt or destroying the germs on it. Food service operations use sanitizer to clean their equipment so that food doesn’t become contaminated with bacteria or other stuff that shouldn’t be in it. Sanitizer also refers to household products (especially hand sanitizer) that are used to prevent the spread of disease by killing germs on surfaces and skin.Example: We use industrial-grade sanitizer in the restaurant kitchen to keep our equipment free of germs.
Etymology
Origin of sanitizer
Example Sentences
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Those areas include travel packs for curlers, which include high-protein snacks, hand sanitizers, face masks, chewing gum to increase saliva production and help avoid illness, and even dehydrated meals when going to Asia.
From BBC
He unzipped his backpack and took out his hand sanitizer.
From Literature
The warehouse and surrounding storage areas were filled with stacks of pallets and cardboard boxes containing highly flammable ethanol-based hand sanitizer, according to court documents.
From Los Angeles Times
During the pandemic, their aid included handing out face masks, hand sanitizers, vitamins and more.
From Los Angeles Times
“A sanitizer. We use it to get rid of surface germs. It’s a clean lab, so we try to minimize contaminants.”
From Literature
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