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# hygienic

«hygienic» in Mova's school dictionary: **unlikely to spread illness** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (hygienic, more hygienic, most hygienic); adverb «hygienically»

### meaning for a pupil

1) Clean and free of germs, so it is unlikely to spread illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienic/#m1)

2) Helping to keep things clean and healthy: a hygienic way of storing food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health, science and food-tech lessons, hygienic habits stop germs spreading: washing hands, covering sneezes, keeping kitchens clean, storing food properly. Hospitals, kitchens and bathrooms must be hygienic. Phrases: hygienic conditions, it is not hygienic to…, a hygienic kitchen, more hygienic.

### examples

- It is not hygienic to share a toothbrush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienic/#x1)
- The school kitchen must be kept hygienic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienic/#x2)
- Washing your hands with soap is the most hygienic thing to do before eating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienic/#x3)
- Paper towels can be more hygienic than a shared cloth towel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienic/#x4)
- The nurse put on gloves to keep things hygienic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienic/#x5)
- Licking the spoon and putting it back in the jar is not hygienic! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienic/#x6)
- Cats are quite hygienic animals and wash themselves a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienic/#x7)

### note

Spelling trap: «hygienic» has «-gie-»: h-y-g-i-e-n-i-c. Noun: «hygiene» (personal hygiene). Opposite: «unhygienic». «Hygienic» is about germs and cleanliness, not about tidiness: a messy room can be hygienic and a neat one can have germs.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hygienic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.