Etymology

From back +‎ splashCategory:English compound terms#BACKSPLASH.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbækˌsplæʃ/Category:English 2-syllable words#BACKSPLASHCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BACKSPLASH

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• Rhymes: -æʃCategory:Rhymes:English/æʃ#BACKSPLASH

Noun

backsplash (countable and uncountable, plural backsplashes)Category:English lemmas#BACKSPLASHCategory:English nouns#BACKSPLASHCategory:English uncountable nouns#BACKSPLASHCategory:English countable nouns#BACKSPLASHCategory:English countable nouns#BACKSPLASHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BACKSPLASHCategory:Pages with entries#BACKSPLASHCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BACKSPLASH

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. (rowingCategory:en:Rowing#BACKSPLASH) The small splash of water that occurs when an oar enters the water to begin a stroke, just before the rower reaches the catch.

Verb

backsplash (third-person singular simple present backsplashes, present participle backsplashing, simple past and past participle backsplashed)Category:English lemmas#BACKSPLASHCategory:English verbs#BACKSPLASHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BACKSPLASHCategory:Pages with entries#BACKSPLASHCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BACKSPLASH

1. (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BACKSPLASHCategory:English intransitive verbs#BACKSPLASH) To splash backward.
   • 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:

     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.

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   • 2004, Yin Sun, Detection Technologies for Chemical Warfare Agents and Toxic Vapors, page 92:

     More importantly, the use of the delta tube prevents dangerous backsplashing of the agent that can occur when an impinging sparger is used improperly.

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