boilerplate vs pedestal

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. 

pedestal

noun
  • a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator. 

  • An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier. 

  • The measured value when no input signal is given. 

  • A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box. 

  • The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located. 

  • A place of reverence or honor. 

  • The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp. 

  • A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables. 

  • A pillow block; a low housing. 

verb
  • To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal. 

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