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Subplot

A plot within a story, subsidiary to the main plot.

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noun
  1. 1

    A plot within a story, subsidiary to the main plot.

  2. 2

    A subdivision of a plot of land, especially one used for an agricultural experiment.

verb
  1. 1

    To provide (a story) with a subplot.

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underplotnounA subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
b plotnounThe secondary plot of a piece of literature, television, etc., contrasted with the primary A plot.
substorynounA story (narrative) making up part of a larger story.
subpicturenounA secondary or subsidiary picture.
subscenenounA scene making up part of a larger scene.
subdramanounA drama that makes up part of a larger drama.
subideanounA secondary or subsidiary idea.
subnarrativenounA narrative making up part of a larger narrative.
subtraitnounA subsidiary trait
subtemplatenounA subsidiary template; a smaller part or branch of a template.
subsettingnoun(mathematics, computing) The production of a subset.
subthemenounA specific theme within a larger theme
subheadlinenoun(journalism) A smaller, secondary headline that usually elaborates on the main headline above it.
subdiscussionnounA secondary or subsidiary discussion.
subfilenounA file organised within another file.
subprojectnounA project within a larger project.
subschematicnounOf or relating to a subschema.
metastorynounA story about stories themselves.
subclassifiernounA subsidiary classifier
subindexnounA subsidiary index, or one that represents a sector of a larger one

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