1 always used before a noun : of or relating to good health or protection from dirt, infection, disease, etc.
▪ sanitary laws ▪ poor sanitary conditions [=conditions that are likely to give people diseases or infection] ▪ The park had clean sanitary facilities. [=bathrooms] 2 [more sanitary; most sanitary] : free from dirt, infection, disease, etc.
▪ The public bathrooms were not very sanitary. [=clean] ▪ sanitary packaging — opposite insanitary, unsanitary
▪ sanitary laws ▪ poor sanitary conditions [=conditions that are likely to give people diseases or infection] ▪ The park had clean sanitary facilities. [=bathrooms]
▪ The public bathrooms were not very sanitary. [=clean] ▪ sanitary packaging — opposite insanitary, unsanitary





