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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Essence, 20 June 2024
Green shutters frame the windows, and clothes hang on lines outside her front door.
—Mahadi Al Hasnat, Vox, 30 May 2024
Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 5 July 2024
Watch:Record-breaking Hurricane Beryl charges west toward Jamaica Task force deployed as U.S. embassy closes
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico expected to shutter its doors Friday, with plans to reopen Monday.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
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Noun
Her actual residence, an unassuming 3,000-square-foot abode with Spanish Cedar shutters painted French Navy, is her sacred space.
—Essence, 20 June 2024
Green shutters frame the windows, and clothes hang on lines outside her front door.
—Mahadi Al Hasnat, Vox, 30 May 2024
Verb
Redbox tried to establish a Netflix competitor in partnership with Verizon in 2012 but shuttered the service two years later.
—Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 5 July 2024
Watch:Record-breaking Hurricane Beryl charges west toward Jamaica Task force deployed as U.S. embassy closes
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico expected to shutter its doors Friday, with plans to reopen Monday.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for shutter
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“Shutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shutter. Accessed 15 Jul. 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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