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

  • (..) in the supermarket. It was for funerals, but I saw it was beautiful. Dennis will explain the meaning of this evening. The beast is a scenting creature, who represents the highest form of human evolution. He believes the time of ordinary humanity is over. I hope this makes you (..)
    2016 Split