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

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,The Forest is not safe at this time.\NEspecially for you. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,What was that thing you saved me from? Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,A monstrous creature.\Nlt is a terrible crime to slay a unicorn. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone