boilerplate
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boilerplate
- /ˈbɔɪ.ləˌpleɪt/ UK
- /ˈbɔɪ.ləɹˌpleɪt/ US
Rhymes with -ɔɪlə(ɹ)pleɪt
noun boilerplates · boiler plate · boiler-plate
- A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. That is, suppose we fix a piece of iron, a strip of boilerplate, for instance, ¼ of an inch thick and 4 inches wide, at a temperature of 92 degrees Fahr., between a pair of immovable clamps.
- Any metal taking the form of sheets 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.
- The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882).
- Syndicated material; repeatable stories, articles or advertisements. […] they have neither the responsibility nor the inclination to cover the real news of the community and consequently have little editorial expense, relying on handouts and cheap boilerplate materials to fill up the spots where they have no ads.
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A copy for the purpose of making other copies.
Similar: template
- Standard text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels. They put that boilerplate on all the warning labels.
- A basic contract that can be modified to make different kinds of contracts.
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A standard piece of program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor.
Creating a site is easy and, a little like Net Objects Fusion, you can use styles and templates to set up the basic layout, complete with buttons and links automatically. Shared blocks of boilerplate make it easy to add such things as email addresses or navigation footers to each page, and there's a
Similar: boilerplate code
- Formulaic or hackneyed language.
- Tightly packed snow with a hard, icy crust on its surface, which may be dangerous for skiing.
adjective boiler plate · boiler-plate
- Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. The contract contained all the usual boilerplate clauses.
- Formulaic, stereotypical.
- Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. A boilerplate spacecraft was used to test the rocket.
verb boilerplates · boilerplating · boilerplated · boiler plate · boiler-plate
- To store standard text so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. Any text that you have reason to use more than once can be boilerplated by simply tucking it away in a file (on disk) […]
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noun rating plate on machinery
| Deutsch | Typenschild, Geräteschild, Kennzeichnung, Leistungsschild |
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noun sheet of steel used in the construction of a boiler
| Español | plancha |
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| Deutsch | Kesselplatte, Kesselblech |
noun standard text used routinely
| Français | texte standard |
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| Deutsch | Textbaustein, Standardformulierung, Standardklausel, Abbinder, Stehsatz |
| Русский | шаблон šablon, болванка bolvanka |
Talk about this word "boilerplate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boilerplate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. boilerplate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/boilerplate "boilerplate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boilerplate.Cite this
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title = {boilerplate},
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