hand-sanitiser

noun

Non-Oxford British spelling of hand sanitizer.

Meanings

nounhand-sanitiser (countable and uncountable, plural hand-sanitisers)

plural hand-sanitisers

  1. countableuncountableNon-Oxford British spelling of hand sanitizer.

    My husband and I squirt on hand-sanitiser from a dispenser inside the door but beyond that it all feels pretty much like a normal Sunday.

    2020 July 8, Liz Boulter, “We're at a pub – and staying the night! A post-lockdown break in the Derbyshire dales”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2020
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    Such is my sense of personal responsibility (and self-preservation) that I’m still using a face mask while out shopping, and I use hand-sanitisers wherever I can as well as practising a bit of discreet social distancing.

    2021 September 13, Sean O'Grady, “We still need vaccine passports – and I’ve had both my jabs”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2021

    All visitors are asked to apply hand-sanitiser regularly and must continue to always wear a fluid-resistant surgical face mask, which are avilable free at hospital entrances.

    2022 June 30, Clare Buchanan, “New visiting restrictions introduced in hospitals”, in Dunfermline Press and West of Fife Advertiser, Dunfermline, Fife, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 5
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APA

hand-sanitiser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-sanitiser

MLA

“hand-sanitiser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-sanitiser. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hand-sanitiser,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-sanitiser.

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