nonrestrictive clause

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsdescriptive clause

   Broadersubordinate clause

Questions about nonrestrictive clause

What does nonrestrictive clause mean?

nonrestrictive clause means "a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies".

What is another word for nonrestrictive clause?

Close synonyms include descriptive clause. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nonrestrictive clause a common word?

nonrestrictive clause is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.