boilerplate
/ˈbɔɪ.ləɹˌpleɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.51 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "That is, suppose we fix a piece of iron, a strip of boilerplate, for instance, ¼ of an inch thick and 4 inches wide, at a temperature of 92 degrees Fahr., between a pair of immovable clamps."
- "For rolled steel structural plates and sections, the Carbon content may be increased to approximately 0.30%, with higher Manganese content up to 1.5%. These materials may be used for stampings, forgings, seamless tubes, and boilerplates."
- "[…] they have neither the responsibility nor the inclination to cover the real news of the community and consequently have little editorial expense, relying on handouts and cheap boilerplate materials to fill up the spots where they have no ads."
- "This rule prevented publishers from using various kinds of preset plate matter to fill their pages while avoiding composition costs. In the 1880s, numerous agencies sprang up to provide precisely these services to newspapers in the form of so-called boilerplate."
- "They put that boilerplate on all the warning labels."
- "This type of clause has proved so valuable that it is presently standard “boilerplate,” not only in shipbuilding contracts, but also in almost every government contract."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bulla Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin bulliō Old French boillirbor. Middle English boillen English boil Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English boiler Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor. Vulgar Latin *platta Old French platebor. Middle English plate English plate English boilerplate From boiler + plate.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɔɪ.ləɹˌpleɪt/
- British English: /ˈbɔɪ.ləˌpleɪt/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Transitive verb