splashback (countable and uncountable, plural splashbacks)
(uncountable, countable) Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
(countable) A shield of an easily-cleaned material, such as those placed behind an oven top, kitchen sink, and industrial facilities, construction sites etc, in order to catch splashes of liquid.
• (easily cleaned shield): backsplash
• backsplash
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23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
