"backsplash" meaning in All languages combined

See backsplash on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-backsplash.ogg [US] Forms: backsplashes [plural]
Rhymes: -æʃ Etymology: From back + splash. Etymology templates: {{af|en|back|splash}} back + splash Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} backsplash (countable and uncountable, plural backsplashes)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (wall covering): hátfal (Hungarian), salpicadero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-backsplash-en-noun-uxvMpfzA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 26 9 Disambiguation of 'wall covering': 83 17
  2. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rowing
    Sense id: en-backsplash-en-noun-5ntSZa1W Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, rowing, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fireback

Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-backsplash.ogg [US] Forms: backsplashes [present, singular, third-person], backsplashing [participle, present], backsplashed [participle, past], backsplashed [past]
Rhymes: -æʃ Etymology: From back + splash. Etymology templates: {{af|en|back|splash}} back + splash Head templates: {{en-verb}} backsplash (third-person singular simple present backsplashes, present participle backsplashing, simple past and past participle backsplashed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To splash backward. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-backsplash-en-verb-mwHlu8KD

Inflected forms

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