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back·room  (bkrm, -rm)

n. or back room

1. A room located at the rear.

2. The meeting place used by an inconspicuous controlling group.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or taking place in a backroom: backroom card games.

2. Marked by the exercise of inconspicuous control and maneuvering: backroom politics.

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back room

n

a.  a place where research or planning is done, esp secret research in wartime

b.  (as modifier) back-room boys

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Noun

1.

back room - a room located in the rear of an establishment; usually accessible only to privileged groups room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"