Definition
Pre-made, copyright-free or royalty-free images and illustrations designed to be inserted into documents, presentations, and other digital projects without requiring artistic skills. Clipart ranges from simple icons to detailed illustrations and comes in vector or raster formats.
Example Usage
I added some clipart of flowers to my presentation to make it more visually interesting.
Origin
A compound of 'clip' (to cut or collect) and 'art,' referring to the practice of clipping ready-made images from clipart collections to paste into documents.
Fun Fact
Clipart peaked in popularity in the 1990s and early 2000s; the Microsoft Office clipart gallery became infamous for its sometimes awkward or outdated illustrations.
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