boiler vs boilerplate

boiler

noun
  • Boilerplate. 

  • An old woman. 

  • A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat. 

  • A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily. 

  • A person who boils something. 

  • A steam boiler. 

  • An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid. 

  • A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling. 

  • A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food. 

boilerplate

noun
  • A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. 

  • Syndicated material. 

  • The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882). 

  • 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. 

  • Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on. 

  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. 

adj
  • Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. 

  • Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. 

verb
  • To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. 

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