boilerplate
noun
Meaning
- A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler.
- The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the (UK) Boiler Explosions Act (1882).
- A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements.
- Syndicated material.
- 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.
- Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on.
- To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse.
- 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.
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