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shutter
[shuht-er]
noun
a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
a movable cover, slide, etc., for an opening.
a person or thing that shuts.
Photography.a mechanical device for opening and closing the aperture of a camera lens to expose film or the like.
verb (used with object)
to close or provide with shutters.
She shuttered the windows.
to close (a store or business operations) for the day or permanently.
verb (used without object)
to close or close down.
The factory has shuttered temporarily.
shutter
/ ˈʃʌə /
noun
a hinged doorlike cover, often louvred and usually one of a pair, for closing off a window
to close business at the end of the day or permanently
photog an opaque shield in a camera that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second. It is either built into the lens system or lies in the focal plane of the lens ( focal-plane shutter )
photog a rotating device in a film projector that permits an image to be projected onto the screen only when the film is momentarily stationary
music one of the louvred covers over the mouths of organ pipes, operated by the swell pedal
a person or thing that shuts
verb
to close with or as if with a shutter or shutters
to equip with a shutter or shutters
Other Word Forms
- shutterless adjective
- unshuttered adjective
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Example Sentences
The brewery amended its closing time to 7:30 p.m., meaning it shuttered two and a half hours early on Tuesday and Wednesday.
After pulling down the shutters on day one, Bavuma showed more attacking intent before he drove Cummins on the up and Labuschagne pulled off a spectacular full-length diving catch at cover.
They bought the building in February 2020, just weeks before lockdowns shuttered the world.
Some stores that were typically open on a Monday morning remained shuttered, including Blue Bottle Coffee.
Standing beside the metal fence now surrounding the block of flats he once called home, Jimmy Vallance looks up at the metal shutter bolted to his living room window.
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