1
: one that shuts
2
: a usually movable cover or screen for a window or door
3
: a mechanical device that limits the passage of light
especially
: a camera component that allows light to enter by opening and closing an aperture
4
: the movable louvers in a pipe organ by which the swell box is opened
shuttered; shuttering; shutters
1
: to close by or as if by shutters
corporations shuttering their production plants
2
: to furnish with shutters
Examples of shutter in a Sentence
Verb
They locked the doors and shuttered the windows.
They declared bankruptcy and shuttered the store.
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Whitetails become conditioned to the camera’s flash and shutter.
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Last year, Silicon Valley pizza-making startup Zume shuttered after raising $450 million from SoftBank's Vision Fund and other investors.
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Noun
Comfort and convenience are baked in, too, with TÜV Low Blue Light certification to ease eye strain, rapid charging that gives you two hours of use in just 15 minutes, and added security features like a fingerprint reader and webcam privacy shutter.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Whitetails become conditioned to the camera’s flash and shutter.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
Many districts traditionally shutter on Election Day, as schools are typically used as polling locations for many homes in the surrounding area.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
Last year, Silicon Valley pizza-making startup Zume shuttered after raising $450 million from SoftBank's Vision Fund and other investors.
—Queenie Wong Los Angeles Times (tns), arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Shutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shutter. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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shutter
1 of 2 noun
shut·ter
ˈshət-ər 
1
: a movable cover for a window that swings on hinges like a door
2
: a device in a camera that opens to allow light to enter when a picture is taken
shutter
2 of 2 verb
: to close with or by shutters
kept the house shuttered
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