shutter

7 definitions • 5 examples

the part of a camera that opens temporarily to allow light to reach the film when a photograph is being taken

a wooden cover on the outside of a window that prevents light or heat from going into a room or heat from leaving it:

Shutters usually come in pairs and are hung like doors on hinges.

a metal covering that protects the windows and entrance of a shop from thieves when it is closed

to close the shutters covering a window:

People are shuttering their windows and barring their doors.

All the houses had their windows shuttered.

to close down a business or activity:

Some automakers are temporarily shuttering plants in response to falling demand.

I am thinking of shuttering my Facebook account for good.

the part of a camera that opens briefly to allow light to reach the film when a photograph is being taken

a wooden cover like a door on the outside of a window