boilerplate
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
computing
engineering
hobbies
journalism
lifestyle
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
skiing
sports
Etymology: From boiler + plate. First use appears c. 1793 in the periodical Star.
Compound parts: boiler
plate
Inflected forms:
form: boilerplates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: boiler plate
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: boiler plate
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: boilerplates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: boilerplating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: boilerplated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: boilerplated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: boiler plate
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882).
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
uncountable
gloss: A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Syndicated material.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] 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.
gloss: Standard text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: They put that boilerplate on all the warning labels.
gloss: A standard piece of program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Formulaic or hackneyed language.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous for skiing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The contract contained all the usual boilerplate clauses.
It’s an oldie, but not a goodie: one of those boilerplate kids’ movie plots about a workaholic adult who needs a serious jolt to their inner child, complete with a buck-passing, golf-playing idiot boss (Mark Gatiss) and a big presentation that’s due tomorrow.
Devoid of even boilerplate language offering support for Israel and its defense, the statement made clear: this would be Israel’s conflict, not Trump’s.
gloss: Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A boilerplate spacecraft was used to test the rocket.
gloss: To store standard text so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Any text that you have reason to use more than once can be boilerplated by simply tucking it away in a file (on disk) […]
Boilerplated sections should be examined for updating each time they are used.
Translations:
lang: Czech
word: typový štítek
lang: Finnish
word: arvokilpi
lang: German
word: Typenschild
lang: German
word: Geräteschild
lang: German
word: Leistungsschild
lang: Hungarian
word: adattábla
lang: Hungarian
word: típustábla
lang: Hungarian
word: géptábla
lang: Hungarian
word: gyári tábla