boilerplate vs lock

verb

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 prevent a page from being edited by other users.
To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
To fasten with a lock.
To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
To play in the position of lock.
To become fastened in place.
To intertwine or dovetail.
To furnish (a canal) with locks.

noun

A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
Complete control over a situation.
The firing mechanism.
Something sure to be a success.
A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
A grapple in wrestling.
A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
A small quantity of straw etc.
A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.