sanitation
/ˌsænɪˈteɪʃən/
sanitation noun: the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.
Noun
sanitation (countable and uncountable, plural sanitations)
- The hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.
- To lovers of Victoriana it will not be necessary to enlarge on the original beauty of many [old stations], but to the modern traveller romantic nostalgia will not compensate for bleak, draughty waiting rooms, ancient sanitation, uncomfortable grimy seats and gas lighting; he is likely to prefer the...1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 249
- The policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures.
sanitation meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
sanitation in Tamil
- உடல்நலநிலை ஆக்க மேம்பாடு, துப்புரவு, வாழ்நலத் துப்புரவுப் பணி, சுகாதாரம், சுற்றுப்புறத்தூய்மை, துப்புரவுப் பொறியியல்
sanitation in Marathi
- स्वच्छतेची व्यवस्था
sanitation in Bengali
- স্বাস্থ্যবিধান
sanitation in Telugu
- పారిశుద్ధ్యం, శానిటేషన్
More languagesFewer languages
- sanitation in Malayalam
- പൊതുശുചിത്വനിലവാരം
- sanitation in Kannada
- ನೈರ್ಮಲ್ಯ, ಪಾಕೀಜು, ನಿರ್ಮಲೀಕರಣ, ಶುಚೀಕರಣ
- sanitation in Punjabi
- ਸਵੱਛਤਾ, ਸਫ਼ਾਈ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧ
- sanitation in Odia
- ପରିମଳ
- sanitation in Sanskrit
- अनामय anāmayá
- sanitation in Nepali
- सरसफाइ, सरसफाई
- sanitation in Tagalog
- palagalingan
- sanitation in Arabic
- اَلصِّحَّة الْعُمُومِيَّة aṣ-ṣiḥḥa l-ʕumūmiyya
- sanitation in Vietnamese
- vệ sinh
Examples of sanitation in a sentence
- Recycled sewer water is opposed by many sanitation agencies due to the yuck factor.
- The disease is associated with poor sanitation.
- Art exhibits around the country now feature mongo, New York sanitation slang for salvaged garbage.
Forms of sanitation
| plural | sanitations |
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Origin of sanitation
From sanitary + -ation.
Words formed from sanitation
Phrases with sanitation
Questions about sanitation
- What does sanitation mean?
- Sanitation means the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.
- What is sanitation in Tamil?
- Sanitation in Tamil is உடல்நலநிலை ஆக்க மேம்பாடு, துப்புரவு, வாழ்நலத் துப்புரவுப் பணி. See Sanitation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sanitation?
- Sanitation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sanitation?
- Sanitation is pronounced /ˌsænɪˈteɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of sanitation?
- The plural of sanitation is sanitations.
Words near sanitation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sanitation (page history and authors); sanitation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sanitation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sanitation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sanitation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sanitation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sanitation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sanitation (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sanitation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अनामय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); sanitation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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