restrictive clause

restrictive clause

noun Grammar.
a relative clause that identifies the antecedent and that is usually not set off by commas in English. In The year that just ended was bad for crops, the clause that just ended is a restrictive clause.


Origin:
1900–05
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restrictive clause

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