boilerplate

or boil·er plate

[ boi-ler-pleyt ]

/ ˈbɔɪ lərˌpleɪt /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR boilerplate ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

plating of iron or steel for making the shells of boilers, covering the hulls of ships, etc.

Journalism.

syndicated or ready-to-print copy, used especially by weekly newspapers.
trite, hackneyed writing.

the detailed standard wording of a contract, warranty, etc.

Informal. phrases or units of text used repeatedly, as in correspondence produced by a word-processing system.

frozen, crusty, hard-packed snow, often with icy patches.

Origin of boilerplate

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby boilerplate

boiled shirt, boiled sweet, boiler, boiler horsepower, boilermaker, boilerplate, boiler room, boiler suit, boil-in-bag, boiling, boiling point

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Example sentences from the Web for boilerplate

The boosting of local Democratic candidates was boilerplate.
Bill Clinton's McConnell Attack May Be What We'll Remember From the Steak Fry|Ben Jacobs|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Those ideas are hardly original; indeed, they are Republican boilerplate.
The Conservatives' Great Black Hope|Evan Gahr|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The argument is boilerplate Al Qaeda, but many people in developing countries, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, find it persuasive.
Death Squads in Kenya’s Shadow War on Shabaab Sympathizers|Margot Kiser|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I actually quit prefacing my Ralph Nader screeds with the obligatory he-gave-us-the-seatbelt boilerplate years ago.
Ralph Nader Has Truly Lost It|Michael Tomasky|July 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST

This is the kind of boilerplate that U.S. politicians often say about Israel.
Marco Rubio Really Loves Israel and Has Pictures to Prove It|Eli Lake|February 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I put in the legal notices, whatever news items I had handy or had time to set up, and stuck in boilerplate as a filler.
Land of the Burnt Thigh|Edith Eudora Kohl
And this at, the end of it all, lined with boilerplate that even alcohol will not corrode and that only alcohol will tickle.
The Red One|Jack London
I felt like a kind of human periwinkle encased in boilerplate and frozen with cold and funk.
Carnacki, The Ghost Finder|William Hope Hodgson

British Dictionary definitions for boilerplate

boilerplate

/ (ˈbɔɪləˌpleɪt) /

noun

a form of mild-steel plate used in the production of boiler shells

a copy made with the intention of making other copies from it

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

a draft contract that can easily be modified to cover various types of transaction

verb

to incorporate standard material automatically in a text

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	boilerplate
释义	boilerplate or boil·er plate [ boi-ler-pleyt ] / ˈbɔɪ lərˌpleɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR boilerplate ON THESAURUS.COM noun plating of iron or steel for making the shells of boilers, covering the hulls of ships, etc. Journalism. syndicated or ready-to-print copy, used especially by weekly newspapers. trite, hackneyed writing. the detailed standard wording of a contract, warranty, etc. Informal. phrases or units of text used repeatedly, as in correspondence produced by a word-processing system. frozen, crusty, hard-packed snow, often with icy patches. Origin of boilerplate First recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby boilerplate boiled shirt, boiled sweet, boiler, boiler horsepower, boilermaker, boilerplate, boiler room, boiler suit, boil-in-bag, boiling, boiling point Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for boilerplate The boosting of local Democratic candidates was boilerplate. Bill Clinton's McConnell Attack May Be What We'll Remember From the Steak Fry\|Ben Jacobs\|September 15, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Those ideas are hardly original; indeed, they are Republican boilerplate. The Conservatives' Great Black Hope\|Evan Gahr\|May 19, 2014\|DAILY BEAST The argument is boilerplate Al Qaeda, but many people in developing countries, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, find it persuasive. Death Squads in Kenya’s Shadow War on Shabaab Sympathizers\|Margot Kiser\|April 6, 2014\|DAILY BEAST I actually quit prefacing my Ralph Nader screeds with the obligatory he-gave-us-the-seatbelt boilerplate years ago. Ralph Nader Has Truly Lost It\|Michael Tomasky\|July 29, 2013\|DAILY BEAST This is the kind of boilerplate that U.S. politicians often say about Israel. Marco Rubio Really Loves Israel and Has Pictures to Prove It\|Eli Lake\|February 21, 2013\|DAILY BEAST I put in the legal notices, whatever news items I had handy or had time to set up, and stuck in boilerplate as a filler. Land of the Burnt Thigh\|Edith Eudora Kohl And this at, the end of it all, lined with boilerplate that even alcohol will not corrode and that only alcohol will tickle. The Red One\|Jack London I felt like a kind of human periwinkle encased in boilerplate and frozen with cold and funk. Carnacki, The Ghost Finder\|William Hope Hodgson British Dictionary definitions for boilerplate boilerplate / (ˈbɔɪləˌpleɪt) / noun a form of mild-steel plate used in the production of boiler shells a copy made with the intention of making other copies from it 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 a draft contract that can easily be modified to cover various types of transaction verb to incorporate standard material automatically in a text Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to boilerplate ordinary, regular, moderate, mediocre, accepted, definitive, classic, normal, common, basic, usual, typical, pattern, medium, general, mainstream, fair, familiar, plastic, middling
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boilerplate

or boil·er plate

noun

Origin of boilerplate

Words nearby boilerplate

Example sentences from the Web for boilerplate

British Dictionary definitions for boilerplate

noun

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