The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
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
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.
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.
• 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
28 March 2024
(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.