Boilerplate

n. shell of thick metal plating on hot water boilers; standard text, copy that is ready-to-print (newspapers); icy snow firmly packed

Boilerplate refers to one of the following: Boilerplate, a relatively thick sheet of high quality steel, suitable for building boilersBoilerplate (text), text (or program code) that can be used in a variety of situationsBoilerplate (robot), a fictional combat robotBoilerplate (rocketry), a non-functional spacecraft, used to test launch configurations
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Noun
1. standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories
(hypernym) formulation, expression
(part-holonym) contract
2. thick plate iron used in the production of boilers
(hypernym) plate iron
(member-holonym) boiler, steam boiler

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