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SANITATION DEPARTMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sanitation department mean? 

SANITATION DEPARTMENT (noun)
  The noun SANITATION DEPARTMENT has 1 sense:

1. the department of local government responsible for collecting and disposing of garbageplay

  Familiarity information: SANITATION DEPARTMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SANITATION DEPARTMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The department of local government responsible for collecting and disposing of garbage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("sanitation department" is a kind of...):

department of local government; local department (a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government)

Domain usage:

euphemism (an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh)


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