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Complete Definition of "shutter"

English

Pronunciation
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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ÊŒtÉ™(r)|-ÊŒtÉ™(r)

Noun
shutter (Plural: shutters)

  1. Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
  2. The part of a camera that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture.

Translations
trans-top|protective panels over windows
Finnish: ikkunaluukku
French: volet m
trans-mid
Russian: Ñтавень (stáven') m
trans-bottom

trans-top|part of a camera
Finnish: suljin
Portuguese: obturador m
Japanese: 雨戸 (Kanji), ã‚ã¾ã© (Hiragana), amado (Romaji)
trans-mid
Russian: затвор (zatvór) m
Czech: závěrka f
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Verb
shutter

  1. To close the shutters.

#:Shutter the windows, there's a storm coming!

  1. To close up a building for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.

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

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