Sterile | Mean of sterile in English Dictionary

/ˈsterəl/

• not able to produce crops or plants
1. sterile soil/fields
• not able to produce children, young animals, etc.
1. Mules are sterile.
2. sterile offspring
• not able to grow or develop
1. sterile eggs

• clean and free of bacteria and germs
1. a sterile dressing for a wound
2. sterile needles
• not producing or containing new ideas, useful results, etc.
1. a sterile debate/subject
• very plain and not interesting or attractive
1. a sterile building/room