boilerplate vs magazine

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. 

magazine

noun
  • A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus. 

  • A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold. 

  • The portion of a warship where munitions are stored. 

  • An ammunition storehouse. 

  • A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm. 

  • A collection of Teletext pages. 

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