splash guard

noun

: a flap suspended behind a rear wheel to prevent tire splash from muddying windshields of following vehicles

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Like the larger, 5.3-quart version, this mixer features 12 speed settings and comes with a splash guard, flat beater, dough hook, and wire balloon whisk for all your baking endeavors. Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025 If the rubber splash guard comes off easily, remove it first. Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024 The meat food service area lacked a splash guard between the sanitizer section of the warewash sink — where cookware gets washed — and the meat-cutting prep table. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2025 Plus, that little splash guard ensures the coffee will stay in his mouth, not on his shirt. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for splash guard

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First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of splash guard was in 1926

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“Splash guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splash%20guard. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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