Found 2 items, similar to Creature comforts.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: creature comforts
creature comforts
n : things that make you comfortable and at ease;
“all the
comforts of home” [syn:
comforts,
amenities,
conveniences]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Creature comforts
Creature
\Crea"ture\ (kr[=e]"t[=u]r; 135), n. [F. cr['e]ature,
L. creatura. See
Create.]
1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially,
any being created with life; an animal; a man.
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He asked water, a creature so common and needful
that it was against the law of nature to deny him.
--Fuller.
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God's first creature was light. --Bacon.
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On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol
Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
--Milton.
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And most attractive is the fair result
Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.
--Cowper.
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2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a
poor creature; a pretty creature.
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The world hath not a sweeter creature. --Shak.
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3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a
servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
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A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. --Shak.
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Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud.
--Macaulay.
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4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
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Creature comforts, those objects, as food, drink, and
shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body.
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