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

  • (..) – Well com'on inside, and get yourself somethin' cool to drink. – Huh? Hm-hm. Oh maybe, while we discuss business, you could provide one of your loveliest black creatures to escort Django here around your magnificent grounds. – Oh, absolutely! Eh, Betina! – Yessir, Big Daddy? (..)
    2012 Django Unchained