Shutter

Quick meaning: Shutter is a noun meaning One who shuts or closes something.

Meaning

One who shuts or closes something.

More Meanings

1. (usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
2. (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
3. Any other opening and closing device.
4. (construction) A panel used to contain freshly poured concrete, which is usually removed when the concrete hardens.
5. (transitive) To close shutters covering.
6. (transitive, figurative) To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
7. (transitive) To cancel or terminate.

Example Sentences

This company was shuttered in 2002.

Shutter the windows: there's a storm coming!

It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.

The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.

Word Forms

• shutters
• shuttering
• shuttered

Synonyms for shutter

Depending on context, synonyms include shuttering.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include closed, shut, shut-off, shutoff, shutdown, closing.

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