Definition of sanitary Sanitary
/sæˈnɪtɛˌɹi/ - [saniteree] - san•i•tar•y
We found 5 definitions of sanitary from 4 different sources.
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What does sanitary mean?
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| sanitary - free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom" | ||
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| insanitary, unsanitary, unhealthful not sanitary or healthful; "unsanitary open sewers"; "grim and unsanitary conditions" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sanitary (a.)
Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sanitary
san′i-tar-i, adj. pertaining to, tending, or designed to promote health.—n. Sanitā′rian, a promoter of sanitary reforms.—adv. San′itarily.—ns. San′itary-ware, coarse-glazed earthenware for sewer-pipes; Sanitā′tion, the science of sanitary conditions and of preserving health, synonymous with Hygiene—usually restricted, however, to the methods and apparatus for making and maintaining houses healthy; Sanitō′rium (incorrectly, Sanitā′rium), a health station, particularly for troops.—Sanitary science, such science as conduces to the preservation of health
