splashback
Noun
Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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.
Usage- Countable
- Examples
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The oven comes complete with a stainless steel splashback.
More examples (1)
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.
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