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backsplash en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbækˌsplæʃ/ (General-American)
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Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
Proto-Germanic *baką
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak
English back
English splash
English backsplash
From back + splash.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, uncountable) The small splash of water that occurs when an oar enters the water to begin a stroke, just before the rower reaches the catch.
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Relateds
fireback
Translations (4)
pl płyta ochronna (wall covering) · hu hátfal (wall covering) · es salpicadero (wall covering) · fr crédence (wall covering)
backsplash en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈbækˌsplæʃ/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
Proto-Germanic *baką
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak
English back
English splash
English backsplash
From back + splash.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To splash backward.
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.
1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:More importantly, the use of the delta tube prevents dangerous backsplashing of the agent that can occur when an impinging sparger is used improperly.
2004, Yin Sun, Detection Technologies for Chemical Warfare Agents and Toxic Vapors, page 92:
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