Locale and Plot

Locale

Locale noun - The area or space occupied by or intended for something.

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Plot and locale are semantically related in space topic. In some cases you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Locale".

Nearby Words: local, location, locality, localize, localise

Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.

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Locale and plot are semantically related in space topic. Sometimes you can use "Locale" instead a noun "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

full	full locale	full plot
particular	particular locale	particular plot
similar	similar locale	similar plot
usual	usual locale	usual plot
Other adjectives: common, complex, current, original, single, romantic, actual, entire, real, dark, main, important, frequent, different, recurring, generic.

In The Dead Pool, "Dirty" Harry Callahan witnesses the use of a portable whaling harpoon in the first act, and rediscovers it when the plot steers its location back to the same locale.

Source: Chekhovs Gun / Film
One plot had several characters leave the show's usual locale of Salem during the Fall of 1995 to attend a wedding in the town of Aremid.

Source: Sdrawkcab Name
Neil Gaiman apparently decided that what American Gods really needed was three sudden bonking (with a twist) sequences, two of which were completely irrelevant to the plot, took place in a completely different locale, and involved characters who had not been seen or even mentioned beforehand.

Source: Coitus Ensues

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