Backsplash

//ˈbækˌsplæʃ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The small splash of water that occurs when an oar enters the water to begin a stroke, just before the rower reaches the catch. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To splash backward. ambitransitive

    "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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
splashbacksplashback

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From back + splash.

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