splashback
nounEtymology From splash + back.
1
Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
2
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