Sekirov Dictionary

subplot

UK /ˈsʌb.plɒt/US /ˈsʌb.plɑt/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

•
A plot within a story, subsidiary to the main plot.
- Subplot, a story line enclosed within the principal story to provide relief from the main plot's tension, add character dimension, etc. — 1978
•
A subdivision of a plot of land, especially one used for an agricultural experiment.
- [...] 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 [...] — 1996

verb1

•
To provide (a story) with a subplot.
- In the pictures of places, too, an author uses economy; and for his plot, complicated and subplotted as it may seem, he cannot count on having vast stretches of eternity in which to elaborate forever. — 1965

forms

subplotted · subplotting · subplots

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