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Noun: boilerplate  'boy-lu(r),pleyt
  1. Standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories
    "The contract included the usual boilerplate about limitations of liability"
     
  2. Thick plate iron used in the production of boilers
    "The factory ordered a new shipment of boilerplate for their manufacturing process"

Derived forms: boilerplates

Type of: expression, formulation, plate iron

Part of: boiler, contract, steam boiler

Encyclopedia: Boilerplate