BOILERPLATE
boilerplate
(noun) thick plate iron used in the production of boilers
boilerplate
(noun) standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
boilerplate (countable and uncountable, plural boilerplates)
A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler.
A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements.
(journalism) Syndicated material.
(computing) Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels.
(skiing) Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on.
Synonyms
• boilerplate code (computing)
Adjective
boilerplate (comparative more boilerplate, superlative most boilerplate)
Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature.
Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures.
Verb
boilerplate (third-person singular simple present boilerplates, present participle boilerplating, simple past and past participle boilerplated)
(transitive) To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse.
Source: Wiktionary
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