subˌordinate ˈclause

subˌordinate ˈclause
noun [C] linguistics
a group of words that gives extra information about a sentence but cannot form a sentence by itself. For example, in the sentence ‘Marla stayed at home because she was tired', ‘because she was tired' is a subordinate clause.

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