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shutter Definition


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shutter
noun
    1. Someone or something that shuts.
    2. A movable internal or external cover for a window, especially one of a pair of hinged wooden or metal panels.
    3. A device in a camera that regulates the opening and closing of the aperture, exposing the film to light.
verb
    shuttered, shuttering
    1. To fit or cover (a window) with a shutter or shutters.
Idiom: put up the shutters
    colloq
    To stop trading, either for the day or permanently.
Etymology: 16c: from shut.



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