A backroom is a room that is situated at the back of a building, especially a private room.
...the backroom of the officers' club.
2. countable noun
You can use backroom to refer to people in an organization who do important work but are not seen or known about by the public. You can also use backroom to refer to a place where such people work.
He is confident the backroom can step into the temporary void.
Public scrutiny had brought civil servants out from the backroom and into the spotlight.
...Mr Smith's backroom staff.
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If you refer to a deal made by someone such as a politician as a backroom deal, you disapprove of it because it has been made in a secret, dishonest way.
[disapproval]
They have been calling the Presidency decision a backroom deal.
backroom in British English
or back-room or back room (ˈbækrʊm)
noun
1.
a room at the back of a building or behind another space
the backroom of the officers' club
2.
a place where research, planning or administrative work is done, esp of a secret nature
Public scrutiny had brought civil servants out from the backroom and into the spotlight.
3.
a group of people who do secret research, planning, or administrative work
He is confident the backroom can step into the temporary void.
modifier
4.
performed in secret
They have been calling the Presidency decision a backroom deal.
5.
denoting work that is not visible to the public
Mr Smith's backroom staff
senior backroom figures in both factions
The new Liverpool manager has brought in people from Spain to form his backroom team.
backroom in American English
(ˈbækˈrum; for adj. ˈbækˌrum)
noun
1.
a place outside the purview of the public where political or business deals are brokered
: also back room
adjective
2.
designating or of an activity carried on in or as in a backroom; behind-the-scenes
: also ˈback-ˌroom
Examples of 'backroom' in a sentence
backroom
There was a member of the backroom staff with him.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The pair were tracked by backroom staff into the dressing room.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Members of the FA backroom team were with him.
The Sun (2016)
Now we know who is boss, we're still waiting to learn his w b backroom staff.
The Sun (2016)
They want elections to be indecisive so they can make backroom deals for power.
The Sun (2011)
The backroom team have worked a small miracle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
That means fewer officers on the beat as they fulfill backroom roles.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It also boasts a solid backroom team.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Flower is the most senior backroom man here but retains a low rank.
The Sun (2009)
The rest of the backroom staff were placed on gardening leave last night.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There will be no backroom deals.
The Sun (2016)
An England team want to be the best and hire the finest backroom team they can find.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She stopped handling legal cases for nine years until last summer, retreating to a backroom administrative role.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But some investors do not need or want advice, and this dirty backroom deal is a betrayal.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This may be the first instance of a member of the England backroom team returning as a player.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I'd like to thank my backroom staff who worked tirelessly.
The Sun (2012)
Q That he could bring back all of his backroom staff with him.
The Sun (2008)
Our backroom staff have to make sure we recover well because back-to-back Tests are hard physically.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Let's now put an end to European backroom deals.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
backroom
British English: backroom NOUN
A backroom is a room that is situated at the back of a building, especially a private room.