What does "backroom" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "backroom"?

Common synonyms include: abstruse, clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, covert, darkroom, deep-laid.

Backroom

//ˈbækˌɹum// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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."