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boilerplate

noun

1 boilerplate

Standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories.

Roget 517: meaninglessness, unmeaningness etc. adj.; scrabble.    empty sound, dead letter, vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.]; a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing;" sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.   " nonsense, utter nonsense, gibberish; ... show more

2 boilerplate

Thick plate iron used in the production of boilers.


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