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shutter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shutter has 2 senses
- shutter(n = noun.artifact) Array - a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure; Array is a part of camera, photographic camera
- shutter(n = noun.artifact) Array - a hinged blind for a window; Array is a kind of blind, screen
is a kind of mechanical device
Derived forms verb shut1, verb shut2, verb shut3
has particulars: deadlight, jalousie
is a part of double-hung window
Derived forms verb shut1, verb shutter1
Verb shutter has 1 sense
- shutter(v = verb.contact) Array - close with shutters; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool" is one way to close, shut
Derived form noun shutter2
Sample sentence:
They want to shutter the doors
CIDE DICTIONARY
shutter, n.
- One who shuts or closes. [1913 Webster]
- A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind. [1913 Webster]
- A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle. [1913 Webster]
- A mechanical device of various forms, attached to the aperture of a camera lens for opening and closing to expose the plate. It is usually designed so that the time during which the aperture is opened may be varied by a manual dial or by some automatic mechanism, thereby allowing proper exposure of a photographic film under different intensities of light. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shutter, n. & v.
--n.
1 a person or thing that shuts.
2 a each of a pair or set of panels fixed inside or outside a window for security or privacy or to keep the light in or out. b a structure of slats on rollers used for the same purpose.
3 a device that exposes the film in a photographic camera.
4 Mus. the blind of a swell-box in an organ used for controlling the sound-level.
--v.tr.
1 put up the shutters of.
2 provide with shutters.
--n.
1 a person or thing that shuts.
2 a each of a pair or set of panels fixed inside or outside a window for security or privacy or to keep the light in or out. b a structure of slats on rollers used for the same purpose.
3 a device that exposes the film in a photographic camera.
4 Mus. the blind of a swell-box in an organ used for controlling the sound-level.
--v.tr.
1 put up the shutters of.
2 provide with shutters.
Idiom
put up the shutters
1 cease business for the day.
2 cease business etc. permanently.
1 cease business for the day.
2 cease business etc. permanently.
Derivative
shutterless adj.
ROGET THESAURUS
shutter
Shade
N shade, awning, parasol, sunshade, umbrella, chick, portiere, screen, curtain, shutter, blind, gauze, veil, chador, mantle, mask, cloud, mist, gathering, of clouds, umbrage, glade, shadow, beach umbrella, folding umbrella, shady, umbrageous, welcome ye shades! ye bowery thickets hail.
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