Plot vs. Plat
Plotnoun
(authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
Plotnoun
An area or land used for building on or planting on.
Plotnoun
A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
Plotnoun
A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
Plotnoun
Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
Plotnoun
Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
Plotnoun
A plan; a purpose.
Plotverb
(transitive) To conceive (a crime, etc).
Plotverb
(transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
Plotverb
(transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
Plotverb
(intransitive) To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
Plotnoun
A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
Plotnoun
A plantation laid out.
Plotnoun
A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
Plotnoun
Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
Plotnoun
A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
Plotnoun
Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
Plotnoun
A plan; a purpose.
Plotnoun
In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
Plotverb
To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
Plotverb
To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
Plotverb
To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
Plotverb
To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
Plotnoun
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal);
Plotnoun
a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation;
Plotnoun
the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.;
Plotnoun
a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object
Plotverb
plan secretly, usually something illegal;
Plotverb
make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed
Plotverb
make a plat of;
Plotnoun
a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful
Plotnoun
the main events of a play, novel, film, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
Plotnoun
a small piece of ground marked out for a purpose such as building or gardening
Plotnoun
a graph showing the relation between two variables.
Plotnoun
a diagram, chart, or map.
Plotverb
secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action)
Plotverb
devise the sequence of events in (a play, novel, film, or similar work)
Plotverb
mark (a route or position) on a chart
Plotverb
mark out or allocate (points) on a graph
Plotverb
make (a curve) by marking out a number of points on a graph
Plotverb
illustrate by use of a graph
Platnoun
A plot of land; a lot.
Platnoun
A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
Platnoun
(obsolete) A plot, a scheme.
Platnoun
A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
Platnoun
Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.
Platverb
(transitive) To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets; to map.
Platverb
To braid, to plait.
Platadjective
Flat; level; (by extension) frank, on the level.
Platadverb
Flatly, plainly.
Platverb
To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait.
Platverb
To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
Platnoun
Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
Platnoun
A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.
Platnoun
The flat or broad side of a sword.
Platnoun
A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart.
Platadjective
Plain; flat; level.
Platadverb
Plainly; flatly; downright.
Platadverb
Flatly; smoothly; evenly.
Platnoun
a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
Platverb
make a plat of;
Plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bearing between section corners, sometimes including topographic or vegetation information.
