Etymology

From splash +‎ backCategory:English compound terms#SPLASHBACK.

Noun

splashback (countable and uncountable, plural splashbacks)Category:English lemmas#SPLASHBACKCategory:English nouns#SPLASHBACKCategory:English uncountable nouns#SPLASHBACKCategory:English countable nouns#SPLASHBACKCategory:English countable nouns#SPLASHBACKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SPLASHBACKCategory:Pages with entries#SPLASHBACKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SPLASHBACK

1. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SPLASHBACK, countableCategory:English countable nouns#SPLASHBACK) Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
2. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SPLASHBACK) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#SPLASHBACK

   • 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 201:

     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.

     Category:English terms with quotations#SPLASHBACK

Anagrams

• backsplash