relativeclause (pluralrelative clauses)

1. (grammar) Asubordinate clause thatmodifies or gives further information about anoun or sometimes whole statement; in English, may be introduced by arelative pronoun (sometimes optional) such asthat,which orwho.

   Hypernyms:subordinate clause <clause

   Hyponyms:integrated relative clause,restrictive relative clause,defining relative clause;supplementary relative clause,non-restrictive relative clause,non-defining relative clause,integrated relative clause

   Near-synonyms:(dated, deprecated)adjective clause,adjectival clause,attributive clause