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sanitations

sanitations is the plural of sanitation.

Meaning of sanitation

Noun

sanitation (countable and uncountable, plural sanitations)

  1. 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
  2. The policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures.

Questions about sanitations

What is sanitations the plural of?
Sanitations is the plural of sanitation.

Words near sanitations in the dictionary

  1. sanitation workers
  2. sanitational
  3. sanitationist
  4. sanitationists
  5. sanitationless
  6. sanitations
  7. sanities
  8. sanitisation
  9. sanitisations
  10. sanitise
  11. sanitised

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