subplot
About 0.18 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A plot within a story, subsidiary to the main plot.
- noun A subdivision of a plot of land, especially one used for an agricultural experiment.
- verb To provide (a story) with a subplot.
Similar words
underplot b plot substory subpicture subscene subdrama subidea subnarrative subtrait subtemplate
Often followed by
of in is involving and to that about was
Word family
subplots
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