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backsplash

noun, verb — 3 senses

backsplash

noun

US /ˈbækˌsplæʃ/

Etymology From back + splash.

1

A vertical covering on a wall rising above a countertop or other work surface to protect the wall from spills and to decorate the wall.

2

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Rowing, Sports The small splash of water that occurs when an oar enters the water to begin a stroke, just before the rower reaches the catch.

Related terms
fireback

backsplash

verb

Etymology From back + splash.

1

Ambitransitive To splash backward.

  • He succeeded in cutting the pad of his right palm quite badly on the blade of a paring knife before seizing two of the C-cells, but he felt this no more than he felt the burns he had sustained when he had been backsplashed.1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
  • More importantly, the use of the delta tube prevents dangerous backsplashing of the agent that can occur when an impinging sparger is used improperly.2004, Yin Sun, Detection Technologies for Chemical Warfare Agents and Toxic Vapors, page 92:

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