creature

Definition

  • noun: an animal of any type
  • noun: something 'created' either animate or inanimate
  • + 'of'
  • synonyms: animal, man, instrument

Examples

  • The industry is still a 'creature of' the 1930s. [=it began in the 1930s and has not changed]

  • They say that these forests are filled with wild 'creatures'. [='beasts']

  • I'm a 'creature of habit'. [=I always do the same things in the same way]

Movie quotes

  • (..) On your guard men, on your guard! (GROANS) Frigga. (GASPING) Stand down, creature, and you may still survive this. I have survived worse, woman. Who are you? I am Malekith. And I would have what is mine. (..)
    2013 Thor: The Dark World