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DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does descriptive clause mean? 

DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSE (noun)
  The noun DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSE has 1 sense:

1. a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifiesplay

  Familiarity information: DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

descriptive clause; nonrestrictive clause

Hypernyms ("descriptive clause" is a kind of...):

dependent clause; subordinate clause (a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb)


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