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- noun grammar A clause that cannot stand alone as a
sentence , butfunctions as either anoun ,adjective oradverb in a sentence.
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- noun 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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oroboros commented on the word subordinate clause
Santa's helper.
January 7, 2010