backroom
/ˈbækˌɹum/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.78 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: smoke-filled room (meeting place of crooked insiders)"
- "backroom deals"
- "backroom bargaining"
- "It is known that means of using this end of the former NLR and Broad Street station to take an overspill of traffic from Liverpool Street have been under backroom study for some time."
- "The vote for a new prime minister will involve plenty of backroom bargaining, while Thailand struggles to revive its faltering economy."
- "We had thought that they were out of the old model, but somebody checked in the backroom and found a case of them."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English backroom Compound of back + room
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbækˌɹum/
- British English: /ˈbækˌɹuːm/
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Synonyms
smoke-filled room[insider]]s>