Phrase Hound found 64 phrases and 84 compound words that contain plot. The most common are listed below. Open plot in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 64
- lose the plotTo cease to behave in a consistent or rational manner.
- Plot summary
- losing the plotpresent participle and gerund of lose the plot
- lost the plotsimple past and past participle of lose the plot
- box plotA graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics: median, lower quartile, upper quartile, and some indication of more extreme upper and lower values.
- plot twistsplural of plot twist: A change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.
- plot twistA change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.
- Gunpowder PlotA failed conspiracy, in November 1605, to kill the Protestant king James I of England and VI of Scotland, and to blow up the House of Lords using gunpowder, annually commemorated on Guy Fawkes Day.
- plot holeA gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic established by the story's plot.
- scatter plotA type of display using Cartesian coordinates to display values for two variables for a set of data.
- B plotThe secondary plot of a piece of literature, television, etc., contrasted with the primary A plot.
- sub-plotAlternative form of subplot: A plot within a story, subsidiary to the main plot.
- Joy plotA plot of a repetitive signal, by repeatedly plotting each period on a separate line one under another, to create a pseudo-3D image that appears like a mountainous ridge.
- plot couponAn object sought by a character in a story in order to achieve some objective, having little purpose beyond advancing the plot.
- forest plotA graphical display used in meta-analysis designed to illustrate the relative strength of treatment effects in multiple quantitative scientific studies addressing the same question.
- line plotA plotting of data above an axis to show frequency of data in each category.
- plot deviceAn element introduced into a story, film, etc. to advance its plot.
- plot devicesplural of plot device: An element introduced into a story, film, etc. to advance its plot.
- plot lineAlternative spelling of plotline: The basic plot of a story or group of stories.
- plot pointAn incident in a work of fiction that serves to advance the plot.
- plot pointsplural of plot point: An incident in a work of fiction that serves to advance the plot.
- star plotA graphical representation of multivariate data
- plot holesplural of plot hole: A gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic established by the story's plot.
- loses the plotthird-person singular simple present indicative of lose the plot: To cease to behave in a consistent or rational manner.
- bean-plotAlternative form of beanplot: An alternative form of boxplot in which individual observations are shown as small lines in a one-dimensional scatter plot.
Compound words 84
- subplotA plot within a story, subsidiary to the main plot.
- scatterplotAlternative spelling of scatter plot: A type of display using Cartesian coordinates to display values for two variables for a set of data.
- misplotTo incorrectly mark the position of.
- emplotmentThe assembly of a series of historical events into a narrative with a plot.
- multiplotOf or pertaining to multiple plots (allotments of land).
- counterplotA plot made in opposition to another; a counterploy.
- marplotSynonym of spoilsport, one who ruins other's plans or enjoyment of something.
- dotplotA graph formed from lines of dots.
- barplotbar chart
- emplotTo place an event in the context of a plot or story-line to make a narrative.