Usually means: Clause that modifies nouns or pronouns.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. relative clause: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. relative clause: Merriam-Webster
  3. relative clause: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. relative clause: Collins English Dictionary
  5. relative clause: Vocabulary.com
  6. relative clause: Wordnik
  7. relative clause: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. relative clause: Wiktionary
  9. relative clause: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. relative clause: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Relative clause, relative clause: Dictionary.com
  12. Relative clause: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. relative clause: Rhymezone
  14. relative clause: FreeDictionary.org
  15. relative clause: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. relative clause: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Relative Clause: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
  2. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Relative clause: Lexicon of Linguistics

(Note: See relative_clauses as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (relative clause)

noun:  (grammar) A subordinate clause that modifies or gives further information about a noun or sometimes whole statement; in English, may be introduced by a relative pronoun (sometimes optional) such as that, which or who.

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