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Sanitary

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈsænɪt(ə)ɹi

Definitions

  1. Sanitary towel.
  2. Pertaining or relative to the health.
  3. Individual of the body of military health or civil health.
  4. Toilet of public use.

Equivalents

17 more languages
العربيةصحي
Българскичист
Bosanskiчист
Češtinasanitární
Hrvatskiчист
Polskisanitarny
Русскийсанитарный
Српскичист
Svenskasanitär
Українськасанітарний
Tiếng Việtsáchvệ sinh

Examples

When I made evening rounds, I saw women with their hair rolled, using the sanitaries for rollers.”
Women... bleed all over everything because of no proper sanitary protection for disposal and no tampons are issued, bloody unwrapped sanitaries are in every dorm john, every trash can, and blood on every faucet handle...and everywhere imaginable.”
But sanitaries are the worst. The prison only brings out two packs of sanitaries for everybody, and that's like 240 of sanitaries every month for all the women.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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