Synonyms for boiler plate
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : boi-ler-pleyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔɪ lərˌpleɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for boiler plate Other synonyms for the word boiler plate
- adage
- boiler plate
- characterless
- cliché
- clichéd
- colorless
- commonplace
- conventional
- corn
- corny
- counterword
- dime-a-dozen
- evenness
- familiar
- familiar tune
- flatness
- garden variety
- hackneyed
- hackneyed saying
- high camp
- hokum
- humdrum
- inanity
- insipidity
- lowly
- mainstream
- matter-of-course
- mediocre
- middle-of-the-road
- middling
- monotony
- motto
- natural
- old chestnut
- old story
- ordinary
- pedestrian
- platitude
- plebeian
- potboiler
- prosaic
- prosaicism
- prosaism
- proverb
- rubber stamp
- run-of-the-mill
- saw
- saying
- shibboleth
- slogan
- stale
- stale saying
- starch
- stereotype
- stereotyped
- tag
- threadbare
- threadbare phrase
- trite
- trite remark
- triteness
- triviality
- truism
- uneventful
- unexceptional
- uninteresting
- unnoteworthy
- vanilla
- vapid expression
- vapidity
- verbiage
- widespread
- workaday
- worn-out
Définition of boiler plate
Origin :- newspaper (and now information technology) slang for "unit of writing that can be used over and over without change," 1893, from a literal meaning (1840) "metal rolled in large, flat plates for use in making steam boilers." The connecting notion is probably of sturdiness or reusability. From 1890s to 1950s, publicity items were cast or stamped in metal ready for the printing press and distributed to newspapers as filler. The largest supplier was Western Newspaper Union.
- As in commonplace : adj usual, everyday
- As in platitude : noun dull, overused saying
- As in cliché : noun overused, hackneyed phrase
- At midnight they were wallowing with only a forestays'l that was iced to the hardness of boiler plate.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- Here 22 bushels of charcoal are consumed in making one ton of iron of that description, from boiler plate parings.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
- Where a solid top is desired, it should be of boiler plate at least ¼-inch thick.
- Extract from : « Farmers' Bulletin 1889 - Fireplaces and Chimneys » by Arthur H. Senner
Antonyms for boiler plate
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