shutternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈʃʌt.ər/us/ˈʃʌt̬.ɚ/shutter noun [ C ] (PHOTOGRAPHY)
the part of a camera that opens temporarily to allow light to reach the film when a photograph is being taken
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Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- camera
- camera obscura
- camera-shy
- capture
- high-resolution
- hologram
- holography
- kinetoscope
- lo-res
- negative
- say cheese idiom
- selfie
- sharp
- shoot
- slide
- SLR camera
- snapshot
- superimpose
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shutter noun [ C ] (WINDOW COVER)
a wooden cover on the outside of a window that prevents light or heat from going into a room or heat from leaving it:
Shutters usually come in pairs and are hung like doors on hinges.
a metal covering that protects the windows and entrance of a shop from thieves when it is closed
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Parts of buildings: windows & parts of windows
- architrave
- bay window
- bow window
- casement
- dormer
- glass sth in/over
- glaze
- glazing
- lattice window
- leaded window
- pane
- picture window
- rose window
- sash
- sash window
- transom
- triple glazing
- window ledge
- windowpane
- windowsill
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shutterverb [ T ]
uk/ˈʃʌt.ər/us/ˈʃʌt̬.ɚ/to close the shutters covering a window:
People are shuttering their windows and barring their doors.
All the houses had their windows shuttered.
to close down a business or activity:
Some automakers are temporarily shuttering plants in response to falling demand.
I am thinking of shuttering my Facebook account for good.
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- Shopkeepers shuttered their stores.
- The U. N. shuttered 37 schools because of the fighting.
- The company is shuttering a factory at its main production facility.
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Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatches idiom
- block sth off
- block sth up
- dam
- dam sth up
- dark
- ensconce
- ensconced
- gum
- gum sth up
- jam
- seal
- shut (sth) off
- shut sb/sth out
- silt (sth) up
- snap
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn idiom
- wedge
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Causing something to end
shuttered
adjective uk/ˈʃʌt.əd/us/ˈʃʌt̬.ɚd/
Shops are closed and shuttered on Sundays.