boilerplate vs wholesale

boilerplate

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. 

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. 

wholesale

adj
  • Extensive, indiscriminate, all-encompassing; blanket. 

  • Of or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale. 

adv
  • Indiscriminately. 

  • In bulk or large quantity. 

noun
  • The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants. 

verb
  • To sell at wholesale. 

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