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artifact

Definition

  • noun: a simple object (such as a tool or weapon) that was made by people in the past
  • noun: something created by humans usually for a practical purpose
  • usually + 'of'
  • synonyms: artefact

Examples

  • The drop in scores was merely an 'artifact of' the way the test was administered.

  • The caves contained many prehistoric 'artifacts'.

  • an 'artifact' from the Colonial period

Movie quotes

  • (..) in no time. Yeah, okay. And what about the voodoo shit they did down there, huh? No, no, no.voodoo is more about dolls, personal artifacts. - This something different. - Eric, that's enough. You shouldn't have touched anything from that basement. "Naturom Demonto". (..)
    2013 Evil Dead