sanitary

[ san-i-ter-ee ]

/ ˈsæn ɪˌtɛr i /

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adjective

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.

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Words related to sanitary

healthful, healthy, hygienic, prophylactic, salubrious, sterile, unsullied, wholesome, purified, sanative, uncontaminated, uninfected, unpolluted

Words nearby sanitary

sanioserous, sanious, sanit., sanitarian, sanitarium, sanitary, sanitary belt, sanitary cordon, sanitary engineering, sanitary inspector, sanitary landfill

Origin of sanitary

1835–45; < Latin sānit(ās) health (see sanity) + -ary

SYNONYMS FOR sanitary

1, 2 clean, germ-free, unpolluted, antiseptic. Sanitary, hygienic agree in being concerned with health. Sanitary refers more especially to conditions affecting health or measures for guarding against infection or disease: to insure sanitary conditions in preparing food. Hygienic is applied to whatever concerns the care of the body and the promotion of health: to live in hygienic surroundings with plenty of fresh air.

2 healthy, salutary.

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ANTONYMS FOR sanitary

1, 2 unclean, unwholesome; unhealthy, polluted, septic.

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OTHER WORDS FROM sanitary

san·i·tar·i·ly, adverbsan·i·tar·i·ness, nounpre·san·i·tar·y, adjective

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Examples from the Web for sanitary

He crosses the street and begins sweeping in front of the Sanitary Bedding Company.
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Sanitary operations alone required 7,400 Port-a-Potties that collected the equivalent of three Olympic-size pools of pee.
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But that's the Jersey Shore cast way—always keeping it classy and sanitary.
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No implausible publication with “interpolated essays on the virtues of sanitary improvement” is beyond his sight.
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"Everything orderly and sanitary and spick and span—not a blade of grass out of place," was Polly's comment.
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And therefore it is that Sanitary Reform finds so little favour in their eyes.
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Both the commercial and sanitary interests of the District will be greatly promoted, I doubt not, by this improvement.
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Of course, there are no “boards of health,” nor are the people bothered by being obliged to conform to any sanitary regulations.
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In the Appendix I subjoin a table drawn up by Mr. Clay, showing in detail the saving produced by sanitary measures.
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British Dictionary definitions for sanitary

sanitary

/ (ˈsænɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

of or relating to health and measures for the protection of health

conducive to or promoting health; free from dirt, germs, etc; hygienic

Derived forms of sanitary

sanitarily, adverbsanitariness, noun

Word Origin for sanitary

C19: from French sanitaire, from Latin sānitās health

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Medicine definitions for sanitary

sanitary

[ săn′ĭ-tĕr′ē ]

adj.

Of or relating to health.

Free from elements, such as filth or pathogens, that endanger health; hygienic.