Term: dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
Broader: modifier: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Unrelated: foodstuff: a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
Broader: modifier: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Unrelated: foundation: the basis on which something is grounded
Broader: modifier: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Unrelated: feria: (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint
Broader: modifier: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Unrelated: civil censorship: military censorship of civilian communications (correspondence or printed matter of films) entering or leaving of circulating within territories controlled by armed forces
Broader: modifier: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Unrelated: garden hose: a hose used for watering a lawn or garden
Broader: modifier: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Unrelated: otus: a genus of Strigidae
Broader: modifier: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Unrelated: decapod: cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
Broader: modifier: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Unrelated: cervidae: deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer
Broader: modifier: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Unrelated: military adviser: a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation
Broader: modifier: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Unrelated: wreck: a ship that has been destroyed at sea