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Why should Congresspeople have to visit D.C.? Thanks to Skype, meetings are possible across the country. Thanks to email, communications are simple. And we've had the technology to vote from afar for decades. Why should we have backroom deals made over cigars thousands of miles distant from those who are affected by those deals?
Ben Shapiro

Meaning of "backroom" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BACKROOM

backroom  [ˈbækrʊm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACKROOM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Backroom is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BACKROOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dark room (sexuality)

A darkroom or dark room is a darkened room, sometimes located in a nightclub, gay bathhouse or sex club, where sexual activity can take place. When located in bars, dark rooms are also known as backrooms or blackrooms.

Definition of backroom in the English dictionary

The first definition of backroom in the dictionary is room at the back of a building or behind another space. Other definition of backroom is a place where research, planning or administrative work is done, especially of a secret nature. Backroom is also people who do secret.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACKROOM


clubroom
ˈklʌbrʊm
Erzurum
ˈɛəzʊrʊm
headroom
ˈhɛdˌrʊm
locker-room
ˈlɒkə rʊm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACKROOM

backlog
backlot
backmost
backout
backpack
backpacker
backpacking
backpiece
backra
backrest
backroom boy
backrush
Backs
backscratch
backscratcher
backscratching
backseat
backset
backsey
backsheesh

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACKROOM

baggage checkroom
bathroom
bedroom
boardroom
checkroom
classroom
cloakroom
cookroom
darkroom
dining room
elephant in the room
hotel room
living room
newsroom
room
showroom
sickroom
stackroom
stockroom
workroom

Synonyms and antonyms of backroom in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «backroom» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACKROOM

Find out the translation of backroom to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of backroom from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «backroom» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

休息室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuarto interior
570 millions of speakers

English

backroom
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीछे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خلف الكواليس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

закулисная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quarto dos fundos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিছন কামরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

salle du fond
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bilik belakang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hinterzimmer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

裏部屋
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뒷방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Backroom
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phòng cuối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்கதவால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॅकरूम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kulübesindeki
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

backroom
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

закулісна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

culise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρασκηνιακές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agterkamer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kulisserna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bakrom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of backroom

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKROOM»

The term «backroom» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.426 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKROOM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about backroom

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5 QUOTES WITH «BACKROOM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word backroom.
1
Sherman Austin
While I was in jail, they handcuffed me and took me to a backroom, where a detective from the FBI and a Secret Service agent were, and they interrogated me for about three or four hours.
2
Bob Balaban
My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children - in the backroom all together - and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business.
3
Russell T Davies
It's tough and it should be tough - it should never be easy to be given millions of pounds to make a drama. The coalition government is doing terrible things to the BBC, but drama will survive even if we end up putting on a play in a backroom of a pub.
4
Ben Shapiro
Why should Congresspeople have to visit D.C.? Thanks to Skype, meetings are possible across the country. Thanks to email, communications are simple. And we've had the technology to vote from afar for decades. Why should we have backroom deals made over cigars thousands of miles distant from those who are affected by those deals?
5
Jon Tester
Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKROOM»

Discover the use of backroom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to backroom and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Backroom Boys
Starting with this forgotten episode, Backroom Boys tells the bittersweet story of how one country lost its industrial tradition and got back something else.
Francis Spufford, 2010
2
Backroom Briefings: John Curtin's War
Backroom Briefings shows a Prime Minister acute in analysis, vigorous in language and confident of his decisions—a unique insight into the qualities and style of a man whose political career and prime ministership have, until now, been ...
Clement John Lloyd, Richard Hall, 1997
3
The Backroom Brigade: How a Few Intrepid Entrepreneurs ...
In The Backroom Brigade: How A Few Intrepid Entrepreneurs Brought The World To India, Seetha, A Delhi-Based Economic Journalist, Tells The Story Of This Entire Phenomenon--How A Group Of People Combining Sophisticated Technology With The ...
Seetha, 2006
4
On Edge: Backroom Dealing, Cocktail Scheming, Triple Axels, ...
"On Edge, " takes readers on a twenty year journey through the private hotel rooms and hospitality suites where the culture thrives and multiplies, culminating in the days, weeks, and months following the Salt Lake City gold medal scandal.
Jon Jackson, 2006
5
Backroom Politics: How Your Local Politicians Work, why Your ...
This book contains information relating to 1970's era Prince William County politics, as well as information about land use issues, (6-13).
Bill Boyarsky, Nancy Boyarsky, 1974
6
Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power
Two Washington insiders furnish a revealing glimpse inside the American political system to profile today's surprising new power brokers and how they work, going behind closed doors to assess the realities of life for women in Congress, the ...
John Harwood, Gerald F. Seib, 2009
7
Essays and Tales in Prose: The story of the backroom window. ...
Barry Cornwall. the sacred Dramas of Italy and modern Greece, we should have felt inclined to adopt the opinion of Schlegel. It is known that the same ingenious discoveries have been made in different parts of the world which had no ...
Barry Cornwall, 1853
8
Double T - Double Cross: The Firing of Coach Mike Leach: the ...
Acclaimed author Michael Lee Lanning uncovers the backroom dealings that led to the firing of Coach Mike Leach and turned the Red Raider nation against the Texas Tech administration -- P. [4] of cover.
Michael Lee Lanning, 2011
9
It Takes a Pillage: An Epic Tale of Power, Deceit, and ...
More than just an angry populist, commentator stuck on the sidelines, Prins understand Big Finance and big money and big schemes-and in this book she exposes the fundamental follies of our economic system and the schemes of the bigwigs who ...
Nomi Prins, 2009
10
Japan's Backroom Politics: Factions in a Multiparty Age
The original book, published in 1967, was written by the pre-eminent political writer at the time, Watanabe Tsuneo, who later became the controversial owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun.
Watanabe Tsuneo, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKROOM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term backroom is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Liverpool FC's new backroom duo out to repay faith shown in them …
Liverpool's new backroom duo Sean O'Driscoll and Pepijn Lijnders have vowed to repay the faith shown in them by boss Brendan Rodgers. «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
2
Steve McClaren and Newcastle United backroom team assembled …
Steve McClaren belatedly confirmed his backroom staff as be prepares to embark on what could prove to be a season with a difference at ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Manchester United star Wayne Rooney pays to send England …
... Old Trafford, also insisted that United masseur Rod Thornley - a former member of Hodgson's backroom team - accompany them on the trip. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Hendon adds to backroom staff
Following hot on the heels of Andy Hessenthaler's appointment as Leyton Orient assistant manager earlier this week, head coach Ian Hendon ... «East London Advertiser, Jul 15»
5
Dougie Freedman adds to his backroom staff at Nottingham Forest
Two men who provided significant support to the Reds boss following his appointment last season have been made permanent additions to the ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»
6
County boss confirms backroom staff
MAN'S BEST FRIENDS: Russell Osman, left, and Terry Butcher with pals in 1980. Picture: Archant Suffolk. South Wales Argus: Photograph of ... «South Wales Argus, Jul 15»
7
Warburton reshapes Rangers backroom staff as Durie and Henry …
... to Ibrox two years ago to work in the youth department and spent the second half of the season as part of Stuart McCall's backroom staff. «Glasgow Evening Times, Jul 15»
8
BREAKING: Gavin Strachan bolsters backroom staff at Ilkeston
Sports secience graduate Lindsey went to Peterborough United as an intern and completed a year of training under Ben MacKenzie. «Ilkeston Today, Jul 15»
9
Brendan Rodgers To Add Another Coach To Liverpool FC …
... them with U-16 coach Pepijn Ljinders and England U-19 coach Sean O'Driscoll, is looking to add another coach to the Reds backroom staff. «The Hard Tackle, Jul 15»
10
Rodgers hopes to add one more coach to new look Liverpool …
Rodgers hopes to add one more coach to new look Liverpool backroom staff. News · This Is Anfield on Jul 2, 2015. Share; Tweet. Liverpool boss Brendan ... «This Is Anfield, Jul 15»

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