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Boilerplate

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Noun

1. boilerplate

standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories

2. boilerplate

thick plate iron used in the production of boilers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Boilerplate

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noun
1. 
a form of mild-steel plate used in the production of boiler shells
2. 
a copy made with the intention of making other copies from it
3. 
a set of instructions incorporated in several places in a computer program or a standard form of words used repeatedly in drafting contracts, guarantees, etc
4. 
a draft contract that can easily be modified to cover various types of transaction
verb
5. 
to incorporate standard material automatically in a text

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Boilerplate

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noun
1. 
steel rolled in large flat plates, used in making steam boilers
2.  US
syndicated features or fillers that are relatively timeless, sent to newspapers, formerly as stereotype plates, now often by wire, mail, or computer
3.  US
a glib, hackneyed statement reflecting a generally accepted opinion or belief
4.  US
any of the standard clauses or sections of a legal document

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Boilerplate

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n.
1. Steel in the form of flat plates used in making steam boilers.
2. Journalistic material, such as syndicated features, made available by agencies in a form that is already typeset, originally in plate form, for easy incorporation into publications such as newspapers.
3. Hackneyed or conventional language, usually expressing a generally accepted viewpoint: "He offered little more than boilerplate, a few watery clichés about how nations needed to work together" (Bill Turque).
4. Standardized or set language that is meant to be used repeatedly, often in organizational publications or legal documents: "This was the story he told her ... when they first met and the story he stuck to, the original boilerplate" (Philip Roth).
5. Sports Snow having a hard icy crust on its surface.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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