shutter

Plural: shutters

Noun

• a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
• a hinged blind for a window
• One who shuts or closes something.
• Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
• The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
• Any other opening and closing device.

Verb

Verb Forms: shuttered, shuttering, shutters

• To close or block with shutters; to close a business.
• close with shutters
  • "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool"
• To close shutters covering.
• To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
• To cancel or terminate.

Examples

• He had to shutter his initial game plan after his opponent blocked every opening.
• It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.
• Shutter the windows: there's a storm coming!
• The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.

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