dependent clause
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Grammardependent clausedeˌpendent ˈclause noun [countable] SLGa clause in a sentence that gives information related to the main clause, but cannot exist aloneExamples from the Corpusdependent clause• The example below uses an independent and dependent clause.• They are generally not subordinate in dependent clause pairs.• The dependent clause functions as a substitution item in a frame, the frame being the rest of the sentence.