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subplot
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/ ËsÊbËplÉt /
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noun
a secondary or subordinate plot, as in a play, novel, or other literary work; underplot.Compare counterplot (def. 2).
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subplot
/ (ËsÊbËplÉt) /
noun
a subordinate or auxiliary plot in a novel, play, film, etc
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