subplot
/ˈsʌb.plɑt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
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.
Example Sentences
- "1978, R.B. Lee & R. Misiorowski, Script Models: A Handbook for the Media Writer, Subplot, a story line enclosed within the principal story to provide relief from the main plot's tension, add character dimension, etc."
- "Structurally, the two most variant scenes (outside of Scene ii) are Scenes 3 and 4 in which the compiler works out the variant subplot."
- "In a sense, Superman's romance with Lois Lane was a subplot and [...]"
- "2001, Nancy Arbuthnot Johnson, Vic Neufield, Forging Links for Health Research, But this story has a subplot — a subplot about fairness and how people have divergent levels of access to knowledge and resources."
- "[...] on sixteen 8/10-acre plots (12.8 acres) well distributed over the area. [...] A 1/160-acre subplot was established in a randomly chosen corner of each [...]"
- "1999, E. K. Sadanandan Nambiar, Christian Cossalter, Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forest, There are 72 trees in each plot (6x12) and 36 trees in each subplot."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsʌb.plɑt/
- British English: /ˈsʌb.plɒt/