noun

shutter

SHUH-tuh

noun

A hinged or sliding panel used to cover a window.

"They closed the shutters before the storm hit."

The mechanism in a camera that opens briefly to let light reach the film or sensor.

"The photographer used a fast shutter speed to freeze the action."

verb

To close down permanently.

"The company shuttered its last remaining factory."

How to Use Shutter

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA cover for a window, the light-controlling part of a camera, or (as a verb) to close a business for good.

Common pairings

shutter speed close the shutters shutter a business

shuttered past tense, shutters plural, Shutters plural, shutters singular

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They closed the _____ before the storm hit.

From "shut" plus the suffix "-er."

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