restrictive relative clause

English

Examples
That's the man who stole my wallet. A palindrome is a word that reads the same backwards as forwards.

Noun

restrictive relative clause (plural restrictive relative clauses)

1. (grammar) A relative clause that provides information essential to describing or identifying the person or thing that is meant.

   Synonyms: defining relative clause, integrated relative clause

   Antonyms: non-restrictive relative clause, non-defining relative clause, supplementary relative clause

   Hypernyms: relative clause < subordinate clause < clause