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

  • (..) What happened to you? -Darn foot got infected. Welcome home, my friend. I see you're still drinking your Sazerac with whiskey. I'm a creature of habit. Still visiting the house on Bourbon Street? Not for a long time. Interesting times, though. We went from making thousand (..)
    2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button