main clause
noun Grammar.
a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.
Also called
in·de·pend·ent clause.
Compare
subordinate clause.
Words nearby main clause
maimonides,
main,
main body,
main brace,
main chance,
main clause,
main course,
main deck,
main diagonal,
main drag,
main entry