plot

Pronunciation: US [plɑt] UK [plɒt]

Synonyms

n.	1. a series of related events that make up the main story in a book, movie, etc. A second, less important story in the same book or movie is called a subplot. 2. a secret plan to do something bad, made by two or more people 3. a piece of land used for a particular purpose, for example building a house or growing plants; a small piece of land in a cemetery where you are buried when you die
v.	1. to make a secret plan with other people to do something bad; to secretly plan to do something 2. to mark on a map the way that a ship or airplane travels; to mark points on a graph 3. to invent the series of related events that make up the main story in a book, movie, etc.

A land company..sold the..land in building plots.
Source: Law Reports
Dublin Corporation gave the men plots of one-eighth of an acre.
Source: B. Behan
There was a vegetable plot and..one flower-bed.
Source: P. Pearce