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

  • (..) - Oh, yeah, baby. That's why I'm here tonight. That's where all the action is at. ( Laughter) That's right. I'm right here. I'll take this creature, bam! Hit right there. Then I grab one of these cards, gentlemen. "Bespeak thy hurt unspoken by a trust (..)
    2009 The Black Waters of Echo's Pond