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adjective
- 1. relating to the conditions that affect hygiene and health, especially the supply of sewage facilities and clean drinking water: "a sanitary engineer"
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SANITARY definition: 1. clean and not dangerous for your health, or protecting health by removing dirt and waste…. Learn more.
The meaning of SANITARY is of or relating to health. How to use sanitary in a sentence. of or relating to health; of, relating to, or used in the disposal especially of domestic waterborne waste…
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.
clean and not dangerous for your health, or protecting health by removing dirt and waste, especially human waste: Cholera thrives in poor sanitary conditions. There were only very basic sanitary facilities on the site. His kitchen didn't look very sanitary (= clean).
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.
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.
1. Of or relating to health or the protection of health. 2. Free from elements, such as filth or pathogens, that endanger health; hygienic: sanitary conditions for the preparation of food. [French sanitaire, from Latin sānitās, health; see sanity.] san′i·tar′i·ly (-târ′ə-lē) adv.
