WH-question

American  

[duhb-uhl-yoo-eych-kwes-chuhn] / ˈdʌb əl yuˈeɪtʃˌkwɛs tʃən /

Or wh-question

noun

Grammar.

1. a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied, as

   Where do you live?

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WH question British  

noun

1. Also called: information question.  a question in English to which an appropriate answer is to give information rather than to answer "yes" or "no": typically introduced by the word who, which, what, where, when, or how

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