Boilerplate Definition
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English
Adjective
boilerplate (comparative more boilerplate, superlative most boilerplate)
- Describing text of a standard or routine nature.
- The contract contained all the usual boilerplate clauses.
- Used to describe a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures.
- A boilerplate spacecraft was used to test the rocket
Noun
boiler plate (plural boilerplates)
- A sheet of steel used in the construction of a boiler.
- 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.
- They put that boilerplate on all the warning labels.
Related terms
- boilerplated
- boilerplating
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