splashback
splashback noun: splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
Noun
splashback (countable and uncountable, plural splashbacks)
- Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
- A shield of an easily-cleaned material, such as those placed behind an oven top or kitchen sink and at industrial facilities, construction sites, etc, in order to catch splashes of liquid.
- The oven comes complete with a stainless steel splashback.
- In 1959, for a girl there were toy cookers in clinical white stove enamel, with a time clock set in the splash-back, and with two hot plates which really worked by using special fuel tablets which burnt from ten to 15 minutes.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 201
- Synonyms:
- backsplash
Synonyms of splashback
Forms of splashback
| plural | splashbacks |
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Origin of splashback
From splash + back.
Questions about splashback
- What does splashback mean?
- Splashback means splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
- What part of speech is splashback?
- Splashback is a noun.
- What is the plural of splashback?
- The plural of splashback is splashbacks.
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