shutter

[ shuht-er ]

/ ˈʃʌt ər /

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

synonym study for shutter

1. See curtain.

OTHER WORDS FROM shutter

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shutter

shudder shutter

Words nearby shutter

shutdown, shute, shuteye, shutoff, shutout, shutter, shutter priority, shutter release, shutter speed, shutter-priority, shutterbug

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Just taking the shutters down and re-entering the world of daylight was a relief in itself.
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But there we stop till next morning, when father unlocks the door at seven and Bart takes down the shutters.
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The windows were all carefully bolted, and the shutters barred.
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Amid the solemn silence of the room is heard the dull rustling of a snow-storm which beats upon the shutters.
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Elizabeth Barrett ran up the shades and flung open the shutters.
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"I'll close the shutters and fasten a blanket over the window," said Mr. Bobbsey.
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British Dictionary definitions for shutters

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

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