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Backroom
//ˈbækˌɹum// noun
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Noun
- 1 A room near the rear of a premises.; Especially, one that is only accessible to a privileged few and can be used as an inconspicuous meeting place, where secrecy, anonymity, and even crooked dealings may occur. attributive, figuratively, often
"Near-synonym: smoke-filled room (meeting place of crooked insiders)"
- 2 the meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations wordnet
- 3 A room near the rear of a premises.; A storeroom in the rear of the premises.
"We had thought that they were out of the old model, but somebody checked in the backroom and found a case of them."
Etymology
Compound of back + room
See also for "backroom"
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