Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splashback

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: splash-back
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable

Example Sentences

"The oven comes complete with a stainless steel splashback."
"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."

Etymology

From splash + back.

Usage

Inflected Forms

splashbacks (plural)

Synonyms

backsplash

Questions

What does splashback mean?: Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
Where does splashback come from?: From splash + back.

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