boilerplate

1. A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler.
2. The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the (UK) Boiler Explosions Act (1882).
3. A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements.
4. Syndicated material.
5. Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels.

   They put that boilerplate on all the warning labels.

6. Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on.

verb

To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse.

1. Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature.

   The contract contained all the usual boilerplate clauses.

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

   A boilerplate spacecraft was used to test the rocket