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Shutter
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 One who shuts or closes something.
"the openers and shutters of the sluices we believe are basic to the history of mind"
- 2 a hinged blind for a window wordnet
- 3 Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light. plural-normally
- 4 a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure wordnet
- 5 The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
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- 6 Any other opening and closing device.
"A service hatch with sliding shutter is situated at the end of the kitchen next to the dining compartment. […] A shutter, in three parts, is fitted, which when lowered completely encloses the bar."
- 1 To close shutters covering. transitive
"Shutter the windows: there's a storm coming!"
- 2 close with shutters wordnet
- 3 To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy. figuratively, transitive
"It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended."
- 4 To cancel or terminate. transitive
"The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program."
- 5 To rain heavily.
"Mollie Wilson was a teenager living with her parents in Donaghmore in Tyrone, Northern Ireland [and said this]: 3rd September [1939] When Chamberlain made his declaration of war, there was violent thunder and lightning and rain shuttered down. I had always trusted rain too."
Etymology
From shut + -er. Compare shuttle.
From shut + -er. Compare shuttle.
Two main origins: * Occupational surname for a marksman, from an agent derivative of Middle English shoten (“to shoot”). * An Americanized spelling of Schutter.
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