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

  • (..) ...and I need to put him back where he belongs. I gotta get the Piece of Resistance. If I could get the attention of the smaller creature. - Uh, Dad? - Yeah. I think I saw the X-Acto over there near Middle Zealand. I know that sounds (..)
    2014 The Lego Movie