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plothole

plothole is the alternative spelling of plot hole.

Meaning of plot hole

Noun

plot hole (plural plot holes)

  1. A gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic established by the story's plot.
    • Invited to collaborate with Hitch, Shaffer watched several of the director's previous films and noticed in North by Northwest a glaring plot hole; Cary Grant hides aboard a train that he has selected randomly yet, somehow, his pursuers lie in wait aboard the same train.2012, Allan Brown, Inside the Wicker Man, Birlinn, →ISBN

Forms of plothole

pluralplotholes

Questions about plothole

What is plothole the alternative spelling of?
Plothole is the alternative spelling of plot hole.

Words near plothole in the dictionary

  1. plotbunny
  2. plotful
  3. plotholder
  4. plotholders
  5. plotholding
  6. plothole
  7. plotholes
  8. plotid
  9. plotids
  10. Plotinian
  11. Plotinians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plothole (page history and authors); plot hole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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