SANITATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does sanitation mean? • SANITATION (noun)
The noun SANITATION has 2 senses:
1. the state of being clean and conducive to health
2. making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing
Familiarity information: SANITATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SANITATION (noun)
Meaning:
The state of being clean and conducive to health
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("sanitation" is a kind of...):
sanitariness (the state of being conducive to health)
Meaning:
Making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
sanitisation; sanitization; sanitation
Hypernyms ("sanitation" is a kind of...):
cleaning; cleansing; cleanup (the act of making something clean)
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