Definitions for template

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template tem·plate

Spelling: [tem-plit]

IPA: /ˈtɛm plɪt/

Template is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 198 anagrams from letters in template (aeelmptt).

Definitions for template

noun

1. a pattern, mold, or the like, usually consisting of a thin plate of wood or metal, serving as a gauge or guide in mechanical work.
2. anything that determines or serves as a pattern; a model:
3. Building Trades. a horizontal piece, as of timber or stone, in a wall, to receive and distribute the pressure of a girder, beam, or the like.
4. Shipbuilding. either of two wedges in each of the temporary blocks forming the support for the keel of a ship while building.
5. Aerial Photogrammetry. any object having lines, slots, or straightedges to represent lines radiating from the center of a photograph, used for graphic triangulation.
6. Genetics. a strand of DNA or RNA that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of a complementary strand of nucleic acid or protein.
7. Computers. a small sheet or strip of cardboard, plastic, or the like, that fits over a portion of the keyboard and provides ready reference to the keystroke commands of a particular software program. an electronic file with a predesigned, customized format and structure, as for a fax, letter, or expense report, ready to be filled in.
8. Also called safe. a marble base for a toilet.

Origin of template

1670-80; alteration of templet, apparently by falsely etymologizing final syllable as plate¹

Examples for template

But he knew that in another place a template would be laid over his work.

Gardner now becomes the model—and his campaign the template—for how to win purple states.

Weirdly, that practice, and this template, seem to connect Morandi to the instruction-set Conceptualists of the later 1960s.

She and Balanchine parted ways in the early 50s, and he would have other muses, but Tallchief was the template for them all.

The template is then drawn along a second time to smooth the surface finally.

His template for government was the peasant fantasy he dreamed up during his years of service on a Soviet pig farm.

Robert: First of all, it sets more of a template for the year for us.

Use this block as a pattern or template to lay off the others.

The concrete was now placed and carried to the top of the template, which was then removed.

By the use of such a tool the glass can readily be brought up to the template.