🇬🇧 Sanitary meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Sanitary means very clean and safe from germs, so it won’t easily make people sick. When something is sanitary, it has been washed or kept in a way that gets rid of dirt and tiny germs, helping everyone stay healthy.

The sanitary bathroom at the museum was so clean I was afraid to breathe on it.

At the picnic, Dad insisted on sanitary forks, but then dropped his hot dog in the grass and still ate it.

My brother claims his socks are sanitary, but even the washing machine filed a complaint.

The cat looked offended when we gave her a sanitary bath, as if we’d insulted her personal tongue-cleaning service.

The lunchbox was so sanitary that my sandwich thought it had been upgraded to a luxury hotel.

A tired parent kneels, using a sanitary cloth, then sanitary soap, to wash a scraped knee. The child watches, small tears stop as the tiny wound meets a sanitary bandage. The parent hums, checks the sanitary kit, wipes the grass away, and tucks the child in a sanitary pillowcase. Both breathe easy, calm and safe.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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