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

  • (..) With that much public at risk, we cannot.. They're trying to move us on, trying to tell the journalists to get out. Wake up!! Oh, creatures in our bed.. No sleeping!! Oh, you're getting very big. - What do you want to eat? - Pancakes!! We got a lot more sunshine today. (..)
    2013 World War Z