Definition of "sterilizer" [ster•il•i•zer]

• A device used to sterilize, killing pathogens by means such as heat, UV light, chemicals, etc. (noun)

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• "My mom had insisted that I keep a set of baby clothes, a pack of diapers, toiletries, feeding bowls and a sterilizer at her house."
• "IMAX glasses are collected by theatre employees, run through an industrial dishwasher that uses soap, bleach, and sterilizer, with water at 120 degrees F."
• "When you are done with your robotic glass of water, you put the cup in the little hole at the bottom of the cabinet and eventually someone puts it back in the sterilizer."