boilerplate vs garden

boilerplate

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. 

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. 

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

garden

adj
  • Common, ordinary, domesticated. 

verb
  • Of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities. 

  • To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden. 

noun
  • Such an ornamental place to which the public have access. 

  • The twentieth Lenormand card. 

  • The grounds at the front or back of a house. 

  • A cluster; a bunch. 

  • An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes. 

  • Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks. 

  • Taking place in, or used in, such a garden. 

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