boilerplate

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. Describing text of a standard or routine nature.

- The contract contained all the usual boilerplate clauses.

2. Used to describe a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures.

- A boilerplate spacecraft was used to test the rocket

noun

1. standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories

Definition categories: communication, expression, formulation

2. thick plate iron used in the production of boilers

Definition categories: man–made

Sentences with boilerplate as a noun:

- They put that boilerplate on all the warning labels.