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_

BOILERPLATE (_plural_ BOILERPLATES) * A sheet of steel used in the construction of a boiler. * The rating-plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the (UK) Boiler Explosions Act (1882) * A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. * (computing) 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._ SYNONYMS * boilerplate code (computing) TRANSLATIONS RELATED TERMS * boilerplated * boilerplating

* template * hotplate * boiling plate