SHUTTER

shutter

(noun) a hinged blind for a window

shutter

(noun) a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure

shutter

(verb) close with shutters; “We shuttered the window to keep the house cool”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

shutter (plural shutters)

One who shuts or closes something.

(usually, in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.

(photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.

Verb

shutter (third-person singular simple present shutters, present participle shuttering, simple past and past participle shuttered)

(transitive) To close shutters covering.

(transitive, figurative) To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.

(transitive) To cancel or terminate.

Anagrams

• Hutters, hurtest, hutters

Source: Wiktionary


Shut"ter, n.

1. One who shuts or closes.

2. A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.

3. A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

28 March 2024

HUDDLED

(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”


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