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boil·er·plate [boi-ler-pleyt]
noun
1. plating of iron or steel for making the shells of boilers,covering the hulls of
ships, etc.
2. Journalism .
! a. syndicated or ready-to-print copy, used especially by weekly
newspapers.
! b. trite, hackneyed writing.
3. the detailed standard wording of a contract, warranty, etc.
4. Informal . 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.
Boilerplate