boilerplate

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• Formulaic or hackneyed language
• Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on.

Adjective

• 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

• To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse.

Related

Similar words

• boilerplate code

Origin

• boiler + plate