shutter

[ shuht-er ]

/ ˈʃʌt ər /

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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.

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Origin of shutter

First recorded in 1535–45; shut + -er¹

Related formsshut·ter·less, adjectiveun·shut·tered, adjective

Can be confusedshudder shutter

Synonym study

1. See curtain.

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British Dictionary definitions for shuttered

shutter

/ (ˈʃʌtə) /

noun

a hinged doorlike cover, often louvred and usually one of a pair, for closing off a window

put up the shutters 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 (tr)

to close with or as if with a shutter or shutters

to equip with a shutter or shutters

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for shuttered

shutter

1540s, "one who shuts" (see shut (v.)); meaning "movable wooden or iron screen for a window" is from 1680s. Photographic sense of "device for opening and closing the aperture of a lens" is from 1862.

shutter

1826, from shutter (n.). Related: Shuttered; shuttering.

shutter

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verb (used without object)

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