boilerplate vs parcel

boilerplate

noun
  • Syndicated material. 

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

  • 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. 

parcel

noun
  • A package wrapped for shipment. 

  • An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels). 

  • An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form. 

  • A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry. 

  • A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part. 

  • A division of land bought and sold as a unit. 

  • An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group. 

verb
  • To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into. 

  • To wrap a strip around the end of a rope. 

  • To wrap something up into the form of a package. 

  • To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. 

How often have the words boilerplate and parcel occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )