sanitaries

sanitaries is the plural of sanitary.

Noun

sanitaries pl (plural only)

(euphemistic, plural, plural-only) Facilities for handling human waste; Structure containing toilets, seats over a cesspit, or tanks for holding excrement.
- Building clean, lack of cloak rooms, poor ventilation; sanitaries need attention.1864, Educational Pamphlets 48: Hygiene, page 493
- The sanitaries of the Washington school have outlived their usefulness, the odor from them and their surroundings being very offensive, and in my opinion injurious to pupils and teachers.1904, Municipal Register of the City of Waterbury, page 34
(plural, plural-only) White knee-length stockings.
- He picked up his white sanitaries and the red and white striped stirrup socks and sat down on the dressing stool once again before he slipped his feet into the sanitaries, making sure that the elastic tops reached just above his knees.2002, Emil Mihelich, Around the Horn, →ISBN, page 107
- The 1909 Genoa High School Baseball Club members are shown wearing striped leggings, or stirrups, over white stockings called “sanitaries.”2010, Denise Moran, Genoa and Kingston, →ISBN

sanitary (plural sanitaries)

Sanitary towel.
- When I made evening rounds, I saw women with their hair rolled, using the sanitaries for rollers.1996, Tekla Dennison Miller, The Warden Wore Pink, page 117

What does sanitaries mean?: Sanitaries means facilities for handling human waste; Structure containing toilets, seats over a cesspit, or tanks for holding excrement.
What is sanitaries the plural of?: Sanitaries is the plural of sanitary.
What part of speech is sanitaries?: Sanitaries is a noun.

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