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   San·i·tar·y

   /ˈsanəˌterē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the conditions that affect hygiene and health, especially the supply of sewage facilities and clean drinking water: "a sanitary engineer"
   • ▪ hygienic and clean: "the most convenient and sanitary way to get rid of food waste from your kitchen"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from French sanitaire, from Latin sanitas ‘health’, from sanus ‘healthy’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sanitarily adverb
   • 2. sanitariness noun

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   What does sanitary mean?

   • (Definition of sanitary from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) 衛生的，清潔的，乾淨的, 女性生理期間使用的… 卫生的，清洁的，干净的, 月经期使用的… sanitario, para la menstruación, higiénico… higiênico, sanitário… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! SANITARY definition: relating to preventing disease by removing dirt and waste: . Learn more.

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   What does it mean if a bathroom is sanitary?

   • Sanitary implies the absence of germs as well as a clean appearance — you probably hope that your favorite restaurant's kitchen is sanitary, and your visiting friends will appreciate your bathroom being sanitary as well. The origin of sanitary is the Latin word sanitas, or "health," from the root sanus, which means both "healthy" and "sane."

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   What does it mean if a place is not sanitary?

   • Sanitary means concerned with keeping things clean and healthy, especially by providing a sewage system and a clean water supply. Sanitary conditions are appalling. If you say that a place is not sanitary, you mean that it is not very clean. It's not the most sanitary place one could swim. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   SANITARY meaning: 1. clean and not dangerous for your health, or protecting health by removing dirt and waste…. Learn more.

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     SANITARY translations: sanitaire, sanitaire. Learn more in...

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     sanitary translations: Gesundheits-…, hygienisch. Learn more...

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   Add to word list. relating to preventing disease by removing dirt and waste: sanitary conditions. His kitchen wasn't very sanitary (= was not clean). (Definition of sanitary from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc. Synonyms: unpolluted, antiseptic, germfree, clean. Antonyms: septic, polluted, unhealthy, unwholesome, unclean. favorable to health; free from dirt, bacteria, etc.: a sanitary washroom.

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   clean; not likely to cause health problems synonym hygienic. The new houses were more sanitary than the old ones had been. Definition of sanitary adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   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.

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   3 days ago · 1. of or pertaining to health or the conditions affecting health, esp. with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc. 2. favorable to health; free from dirt, bacteria, etc. a sanitary washroom. 3. providing healthy cleanliness. a sanitary wrapper on all sandwiches.

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   Definition of sanitary – Learner’s Dictionary. sanitary. adjective. uk / ˈsænɪt ə ri / us. relating to preventing disease by removing dirt and waste: sanitary conditions. His kitchen wasn't very sanitary (= was not clean). Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge.