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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, figuratively, often
Examples
- Near-synonym: smoke-filled room (meeting place of crooked insiders)
- backroom deals
- backroom bargaining
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: smoke-filled room[insider]]s>
Antonyms: front room, foreroom, anteroom, antechamber
Broader terms: room, place
A room near the rear of a premises.
A storeroom in the rear of the premises.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We had thought that they were out of the old model, but somebody checked in the backroom and found a case of them.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: storeroom, room, place
the meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: facility, installation
