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

  • (..) Down into the dark. lt's wicked dark there. You can't see a thing. The only thing they can see down there is... This horrible creature with razor-sharp teeth! Nice parry. He has to blast his way... These fish have been searching the ocean for days on the East Australian Current. (..)
    2003 Finding Nemo