backroom

backroom Definition

back·room (bak′ro̵̅o̅m′; for adj. bak′ro̵̅o̅m′)

noun

a place outside the purview of the public where political or business deals are brokered

adjective

designating or of an activity carried on in or as in a backroom; behind-the-scenes

backroom Usage Examples

Possessives

Converse of object

use: The thieves use the backroom of the tavern or a secret door in the forge to enter the guild.

Adjective modifier

small: There are no small backrooms for Hardhouse or Hardcore just 4 equal size rooms.
dusty: Unveiled from the dusty backroom of a Bangkok shop last week, the pair were offered to The Observer for £ 3,500.

Modifies a noun

dealing: Surely the odd acid remark at the expense of a compromised minister is better than the institutionalized backroom dealing that prevails at the moment.
boy: There were thanks to all the " backroom boys " of the Society too.
staff: There could be changes behind the scenes with Lennie thought to be bringing in his own backroom staff.
deal: My advice to cornered leaders therefore is: ' watch out, no backroom deals.
team: You don't get better doing familiar routines - stretch yourself Have a backroom team: Kelly Holmes has a team wrapped around her.
discussion: Such backroom discussions sitting down with cover for quot.

Noun used with modifier

pub: Do you think you ' make more sense ' to a Northern Irish audience than to a crowd in a pub backroom in Cambridge?
manager: Why would the chairman be picking out or interviewing the managers backroom staff?

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