Usually means: Clause essential to the sentence's meaning.
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  1. restrictive clause: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. restrictive clause: Merriam-Webster
  3. restrictive clause: Collins English Dictionary
  4. restrictive clause: Vocabulary.com
  5. restrictive clause: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. restrictive clause: Dictionary.com
  7. Restrictive clause: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. restrictive clause: Rhymezone
  9. restrictive clause: FreeDictionary.org
  10. restrictive clause: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. restrictive clause: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  a subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies

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restrictive relative clause, more...

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