ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Backsplash

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈbækˌsplæʃ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Backsplash is a noun meaning 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.

Meaning

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.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

More importantly, the use of the delta tube prevents dangerous backsplashing of the agent that can occur when an impinging sparger is used improperly.
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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Related dictionary entries include wallcovering, countertop, plafond, wallpaper, wall-painting, backdrop.

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