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What does boilerplate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word boilerplate? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Describing text of a standard or routine nature.
  2. Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures.
Noun
  1. A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler.
  2. The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the (UK) Boiler Explosions Act (1882).
  3. A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements.
  4. (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.
  5. (skiing) Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse.
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