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Boilerplate   /bˈɔɪlərplˌeɪt/   Listen
Boilerplate

noun
1.
Standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories.
2.
Thick plate iron used in the production of boilers.





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"Boilerplate" Quotes from Famous Books



... garbage, humbug; poppy-cock [U.S.]; stuff, stuff and nonsense; bosh, rubbish, moonshine, wish-wash, fiddle-faddle; absurdity &c. 497; vagueness &c. (unintelligibility) 519. [routine or reflexive statements without substantive thought, esp. legal] boilerplate. V. mean nothing; be unmeaning &c. adj.; twaddle, quibble, scrabble. Adj. unmeaning; meaningless, senseless; nonsensical; void of sense &c. 516. inexpressive, unexpressive; vacant; not significant &c. 516; insignificant. trashy, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus


Words linked to "Boilerplate" :   steam boiler, plate iron, expression, contract, formulation, boiler


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