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boilerplate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boilerplate/ˈbɔɪləpleɪt/

▶noun

1 rolled steel plates for making boilers.

2 (boilerplates) Climbing smooth, overlapping slabs of rock.

3 chiefly N. Amer. stereotyped or clichéd writing.
■ standardized pieces of text for use as clauses in contracts or as part of a computer program.

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