What is "clich'e"

Clich'e \Cli`ch['e]"\, n. [F. clich['e], from clicher to stereotype.]

1. A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.

2. a trite or obvious remark.

   Syn: platitude, banality, commonplace, bromide.

   Clich['e] casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.