sanitary
of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
favorable to health; free from dirt, bacteria, etc.: a sanitary washroom.
providing healthy cleanliness: a sanitary wrapper on all sandwiches.
Origin of sanitary
1synonym study For sanitary
Other words for sanitary
Opposites for sanitary
Other words from sanitary
- san·i·tar·i·ly, adverb
- san·i·tar·i·ness, noun
- pre·san·i·tar·y, adjective
Words Nearby sanitary
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How to use sanitary in a sentence
Making period products—as well as access to clean underwear and sanitary facilities—available to all is a step in the right direction, experts told Popular Science.
Five good-news health stories from this past year | Kat Eschner | December 24, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIn general, the definition of sanitary products should be expanded beyond what you see in the tampon aisle, Sommer says.
What we can learn from Scotland’s free period products | Sara Kiley Watson | December 10, 2020 | Popular-ScienceScotland made history last month when its parliament passed a law that gives women a legal right to sufficient sanitary supplies.
Why business must help end ‘period poverty’ for women in America | jakemeth | December 10, 2020 | FortuneThese included forms attesting to an animal’s behavior and its ability to either avoid relieving itself for the duration of the flight or to do so in a sanitary manner.
Why the Emotional Support Dog Ban Is Good for Everyone | Wes Siler | December 9, 2020 | Outside OnlineIf the animal will be traveling on a long flight, the person it is traveling with must verify “it will not relieve itself or is able to do so in a sanitary manner.”
Airlines will no longer be required to transport emotional support animals | Lori Aratani | December 2, 2020 | Washington Post
He crosses the street and begins sweeping in front of the sanitary Bedding Company.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen FLOs purchase a toilet, they agree to keep it well-stocked with sanitary products like toilet paper and soap.
Toilet Made for Densely Populated Settlements Turns Waste Into Dollars | Mike Miesen | April 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome churches consider intinction a more sanitary method, but only when done by a member of the clergy.
The overlap of the religious rite with cold and flu season raises an uncomfortable question: Is receiving Communion sanitary?
sanitary operations alone required 7,400 Port-a-Potties that collected the equivalent of three Olympic-size pools of pee.
The sanitary effect upon the festering disputes of our time would be incalculably great.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsMost of the sanitary improvements and the educational, all schemes for parks and better streets, come from them.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton"Heavens knows what we have swallowed," muttered Gwynne, who had served on sanitary boards and heard much talk of germs.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHere were good beds, nourishing food, delicacies from the stores of the Christian and sanitary Commissions, and kind attention.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.It was designed to show the sanitary construction of the Wallingham refrigerator.
The Girl and The Bill | Bannister Merwin
British Dictionary definitions for sanitary
/ (ˈsænɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /
of or relating to health and measures for the protection of health
conducive to or promoting health; free from dirt, germs, etc; hygienic
Origin of sanitary
1Derived forms of sanitary
- sanitarily, adverb
- sanitariness, noun
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