backsplash

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.
2. noun The small splash of water that occurs when an oar enters the water to begin a stroke, just before the rower reaches the catch.
3. verb To splash backward.

Similar words

wallcovering countertop plafond wallpaper wall-painting backdrop poster wall-paper picture molding coverstrip

Often followed by

and is of to in tiles with or behind

Word family

backsplashes