Subordinate plot
1sub-plot — n. a subordinate plot in a play etc. * * * sub plot UK US noun [countable] [singular sub plot plural sub plots] literature a story in a novel or film that is separate from the main story and is not as important as the main story …
2sub|plot — «SUHB PLOT», noun. a minor or subordinate plot, as in a play or novel; underplot: »When several of the subplots must somehow be tied together, the work shows strain and becomes contrived (New Yorker) …
3sub-plot — ► NOUN ▪ a subordinate plot in a play, novel, etc …
4by-plot — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a subordinate plot (as in a play) …
5un|der|plot — «UHN duhr PLOT», noun. a dramatic or literary plot subordinate to the principal plot, but connected with it; subplot …
6subplot — /sub plot /, n. a secondary or subordinate plot, as in a play, novel, or other literary work; underplot. Cf. counterplot (def. 2). [1915 20; SUB + PLOT] * * * …
7subplot — “+ˌ noun Etymology: sub + plot 1. : a subordinate plot in fiction or drama 2. : a subdivision of a plot (as of land) …
8subplot — noun Date: 1830 1. a subordinate plot in fiction or drama 2. a subdivision of an experimental plot of land …
9subplot — sub·plot || sÊŒbplÉ‘t / plÉ’t n. subordinate plot (in a book, play, etc.) …
10subplots — sub·plot || sÊŒbplÉ‘t / plÉ’t n. subordinate plot (in a book, play, etc.) …
