boilerplate vs slot

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. 

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

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. 

slot

noun
  • A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece. 

  • The inside of the "rim" or semicircular copy desk, occupied by the supervisor of the copy editors. 

  • A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc. 

  • The vagina. 

  • A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings. 

  • The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor. 

  • A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse. 

  • A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored. 

  • A rectangular area directly in front of the net and extending toward the blue line. 

  • A period of time within a schedule or sequence. 

  • A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it. 

  • An implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like. 

  • The barrel or tube of a wave. 

  • A slot machine designed for gambling. 

  • The area between the last offensive lineman on either side of the center and the wide receiver on that side. 

  • In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen. 

  • The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway. 

verb
  • To kick the ball between the posts for a goal; to score a goal by doing this. 

  • To fall, or cause to fall, into a crevasse. 

  • To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence) 

  • To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture) 

  • To create a slot (narrow aperture or groove), as for example by cutting or machining. 

  • To put something where it belongs. 

  • To kill. 

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