relative clause

1. 1.

   a clause introduced by a relative pronoun

   “`who visits frequently' is a relative clause in the sentence `John, who visits frequently, is ill'”

   Broaderclause

Questions about relative clause

What does relative clause mean?

relative clause means "a clause introduced by a relative pronoun".

Is relative clause a common word?

relative 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.