nonclause

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English

Etymology

From non- +‎ clause.

Noun

nonclause (plural nonclauses)

  1. (linguistics, education) An utterance that is nonclausal, such as a noun phrase, prepositional phrase, or interjection.
    The corpus was searched for clauses and nonclauses that illustrated the relevant property.
    1. (attributive) Nonclausal.
      The corpus was searched for nonclause examples of the relevant property.