boilerplate vs tissue

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. 

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. 

tissue

noun
  • Absorbent paper as material. 

  • A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief. 

  • The scratch sheet or racing form. 

  • Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric. 

  • A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job. 

  • Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series. 

  • A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. 

verb
  • To form tissue of; to interweave. 

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