splashback

English

Etymology

From splash +‎ back.

Noun

splashback (countable and uncountable, plural splashbacks)

1. (uncountable, countable) Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
2. (countable) 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.
   • 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.

   The oven comes complete with a stainless steel splashback.

Synonyms

• (easily cleaned shield): backsplash

Translations

Shield of easily cleaned material

• German: Spritzschutz m, Spritzwand f, Küchenrückwand f

Anagrams

• backsplash