boilerplate: Meaning and Definition of

boil•er•plate

1. plating of iron or steel for making the shells of boilers, covering the hulls of ships, etc.
1. syndicated or ready-to-print copy, used esp. by weekly newspapers.
2. trite, hackneyed writing.
3. the detailed standard wording of a contract, warranty, etc.
4. phrases or units of text used repeatedly, as in correspondence produced by a word-processing system.
5. frozen, crusty, hard-packed snow, often with icy patches.